Add new copyFileToDir helper function.

[lyx.git] / src / support / filetools.h

diff --git a/src/support/filetools.h b/src/support/filetools.h
index 7baca7d90d36aa1c4ba69988bd1727db0695e29a..e5cd6855a53943ca4d6d4b95a035e572fe86978f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/support/filetools.h
+++ b/src/support/filetools.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <utility>
 #include "LString.h"
+#include "os.h"
 
 
 /// remove directory and all contents, returns 0 on success
@@ -200,6 +201,13 @@ void removeAutosaveFile(string const & filename);
 /// read the BoundingBox entry from a ps/eps/pdf-file
 string const readBB_from_PSFile(string const & file);
 
+/** Copy \param file to directory \param path. The file name is manipulated
+    so that eg some/path/to/file becomes some_path_to_file.
+    \returns this file name if the file is copied successfully, else
+    \returns an empty string.
+ */
+string copyFileToDir(string const & path, string const & file);
+
 typedef std::pair<int, string> cmd_ret;
 
 cmd_ret const RunCommand(string const & cmd);