2 * Filesystem utility definitions
6 * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
7 * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
8 * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
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30 #endif /* __cplusplus */
33 * Default profile name.
35 #define DEFAULT_PROFILE "Default"
39 * Get the pathname of the directory from which the executable came,
40 * and save it for future use. Returns NULL on success, and a
41 * g_mallocated string containing an error on failure.
43 extern char *init_progfile_dir(const char *arg0, int (*main)(int, char **));
46 * Get the directory in which the program resides.
48 extern const char *get_progfile_dir(void);
51 * Get the directory in which plugins are stored; this must not be called
52 * before init_progfile_dir() is called, as they might be stored in a
53 * subdirectory of the program file directory.
55 extern const char *get_plugin_dir(void);
58 * Get the directory in which python plugins are stored; this must not be
59 * called before init_progfile_dir() is called, as they might be stored in a
60 * subdirectory of the program file directory.
62 extern const char *get_wspython_dir(void);
65 * Get the flag indicating whether we're running from a build
68 extern gboolean running_in_build_directory(void);
71 * Get the directory in which global configuration files are
74 extern const char *get_datafile_dir(void);
77 * Construct the path name of a global configuration file, given the
80 * The returned file name was g_malloc()'d so it must be g_free()d when the
81 * caller is done with it.
83 extern char *get_datafile_path(const char *filename);
86 * Get the personal plugin dir.
88 extern char *get_plugins_pers_dir(void);
91 * Get the directory in which files that, at least on UNIX, are
92 * system files (such as "/etc/ethers") are stored; on Windows,
93 * there's no "/etc" directory, so we get them from the Wireshark
94 * global configuration and data file directory.
96 extern const char *get_systemfile_dir(void);
99 * Set the configuration profile name to be used for storing
100 * personal configuration files.
102 extern void set_profile_name(const gchar *profilename);
105 * Get the current configuration profile name used for storing
106 * personal configuration files.
108 extern const char *get_profile_name(void);
111 * Check if current profile is default profile.
113 extern gboolean is_default_profile(void);
116 * Check if we have global profiles.
118 extern gboolean has_global_profiles(void);
121 * Get the directory used to store configuration profile directories.
123 extern const char *get_profiles_dir(void);
126 * Get the directory used to store global configuration profile directories.
128 extern const char *get_global_profiles_dir(void);
132 * Store filenames used for personal config files so we know which
133 * files to copy when duplicate a configuration profile.
135 extern void profile_store_persconffiles(gboolean store);
138 * Check if given configuration profile exists.
140 extern gboolean profile_exists(const gchar *profilename, gboolean global);
143 * Create a directory for the given configuration profile.
144 * If we attempted to create it, and failed, return -1 and
145 * set "*pf_dir_path_return" to the pathname of the directory we failed
146 * to create (it's g_mallocated, so our caller should free it); otherwise,
149 extern int create_persconffile_profile(const char *profilename,
150 char **pf_dir_path_return);
153 * Delete the directory for the given configuration profile.
154 * If we attempted to delete it, and failed, return -1 and
155 * set "*pf_dir_path_return" to the pathname of the directory we failed
156 * to delete (it's g_mallocated, so our caller should free it); otherwise,
159 extern int delete_persconffile_profile(const char *profilename,
160 char **pf_dir_path_return);
163 * Rename the directory for the given confinguration profile.
165 extern int rename_persconffile_profile(const char *fromname, const char *toname,
166 char **pf_from_dir_path_return,
167 char **pf_to_dir_path_return);
170 * Copy files in one profile to the other.
172 extern int copy_persconffile_profile(const char *toname, const char *fromname,
173 gboolean from_global,
174 char **pf_filename_return,
175 char **pf_to_dir_path_return,
176 char **pf_from_dir_path_return);
179 * Create the directory that holds personal configuration files, if
180 * necessary. If we attempted to create it, and failed, return -1 and
181 * set "*pf_dir_path_return" to the pathname of the directory we failed
182 * to create (it's g_mallocated, so our caller should free it); otherwise,
185 extern int create_persconffile_dir(char **pf_dir_path_return);
188 * Construct the path name of a personal configuration file, given the
189 * file name. If using configuration profiles this directory will be
190 * used if "from_profile" is TRUE.
192 * On Win32, if "for_writing" is FALSE, we check whether the file exists
193 * and, if not, construct a path name relative to the ".wireshark"
194 * subdirectory of the user's home directory, and check whether that
195 * exists; if it does, we return that, so that configuration files
196 * from earlier versions can be read.
198 * The returned file name was g_malloc()'d so it must be g_free()d when the
199 * caller is done with it.
201 extern char *get_persconffile_path(const char *filename, gboolean from_profile,
202 gboolean for_writing);
205 * Get the (default) directory in which personal data is stored.
207 * On Win32, this is the "My Documents" folder in the personal profile.
208 * On UNIX this is simply the current directory.
210 extern const char *get_persdatafile_dir(void);
213 * Construct the path name of a file in $TMP/%TEMP% directory.
214 * Or "/tmp/<filename>" (C:\<filename>) if that fails.
216 * Return value is g_malloced so the caller should g_free it.
218 extern char *get_tempfile_path(const char *filename);
221 * process command line option belonging to the filesystem settings
223 extern int filesystem_opt(int opt, const char *optstr);
226 * Return an error message for UNIX-style errno indications on open or
229 extern const char *file_open_error_message(int err, gboolean for_writing);
232 * Return an error message for UNIX-style errno indications on write
235 extern const char *file_write_error_message(int err);
238 * Given a pathname, return the last component.
240 extern const char *get_basename(const char *);
243 * Given a pathname, return a pointer to the last pathname separator
244 * character in the pathname, or NULL if the pathname contains no
247 extern char *find_last_pathname_separator(const char *path);
250 * Given a pathname, return a string containing everything but the
251 * last component. NOTE: this overwrites the pathname handed into
254 extern char *get_dirname(char *);
257 * Given a pathname, return:
259 * the errno, if an attempt to "stat()" the file fails;
261 * EISDIR, if the attempt succeeded and the file turned out
264 * 0, if the attempt succeeded and the file turned out not
267 extern int test_for_directory(const char *);
270 * Given a pathname, return:
272 * the errno, if an attempt to "stat()" the file fails;
274 * ESPIPE, if the attempt succeeded and the file turned out
277 * 0, if the attempt succeeded and the file turned out not
280 extern int test_for_fifo(const char *);
283 extern gboolean deletefile (const char *path);
286 * Check, if file is existing.
288 extern gboolean file_exists(const char *fname);
291 * Check if two filenames are identical (with absolute and relative paths).
293 extern gboolean files_identical(const char *fname1, const char *fname2);
296 * Copy a file in binary mode, for those operating systems that care about
297 * such things. This should be OK for all files, even text files, as
298 * we'll copy the raw bytes, and we don't look at the bytes as we copy
301 * Returns TRUE on success, FALSE on failure. If a failure, it also
302 * displays a simple dialog window with the error message.
304 extern gboolean copy_file_binary_mode(const char *from_filename,
305 const char *to_filename);
309 #endif /* __cplusplus */
311 #endif /* FILESYSTEM_H */