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fnqualify(3pub)


NAME

   fnqualify - qualify a filename

SYNOPSIS

   #include <publib.h>

   size_t fnqualify(char *result, const char *path, size_t max);

DESCRIPTION

   fname_qualify  qualifies a filename.  This means that if the input name
   is not an absolute name (i.e. starts from the root directory,  e.g.  is
   foo,  not  /tmp/foo),  the  current  directory will be prepended to it.
   Also, tilde conversion is done: if the filename  begins  with  a  tilde
   (~),  the tilde is replaced with the home directory of the user, and if
   it begins with a tilde and a username, both are replaced with the  home
   directory of the given user.

   Simplifications  like  replacing  /./ with /, and /foo/../bar with /bar
   are not done because of problems with symbolic links.

RETURNS

   The function returns -1 if there was some error, or the total  size  of
   the  full  name  otherwise.   The  return value may be greater than the
   maximum size given by the last argument; only as  much  as  allowed  by
   that is actually written, though.

SEE ALSO

   publib(3), fname(3)

AUTHOR

   Lars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi)



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