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

diff --git a/src/support/lyxlib.h b/src/support/lyxlib.h
index f7512a7c72032bd0756d428348a3c52b0ac95bb5..aacb7a6342a24d8f5322deb3a268975caa3e9256 100644 (file)
--- a/src/support/lyxlib.h
+++ b/src/support/lyxlib.h
@@ -1,38 +1,72 @@
 // -*- C++ -*-
-/* This file is part of
- * ====================================================== 
- * 
- *           LyX, The Document Processor
- *        
- *           Copyright (C) 1995 Matthias Ettrich
- *           Copyright (C) 1995-1999 The LyX Team.
+/**
+ * \file lyxlib.h
+ * This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
+ * Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
  *
- * ====================================================== */
+ * A selection of useful system functions made
+ * handy for C++ usage.
+ *
+ * \author Lars Gullik Bjønnes
+ *
+ * Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
+ */
 
 #ifndef LYX_LIB_H
 #define LYX_LIB_H
 
-#include "LString.h"
-
-// Where can I put this?  I found the occurence of the same code
-// three/four times. Don't you think it better to use a macro definition
-// (an inlined member of some class)?
-
-// This should have been a namespace
-struct lyx {
-       ///
-       static char * getcwd(char * buffer, size_t size);
-       ///
-       static int chdir(char const * name);
-       /// generates an checksum
-       static unsigned long sum(char const * file);
-       /// returns a date string
-       static char * date(); 
-       ///
-       static string getUserName();
-       ///
-       static int kill(int pid, int sig);
-       ///
-       static void abort();
-};
-#endif
+#include "support/filename.h"
+
+#include <string>
+
+
+namespace lyx {
+namespace support {
+
+/// get the current working directory
+FileName const getcwd();
+/// change to a directory, 0 is returned on success.
+int chdir(FileName const & name);
+/// Change file permissions
+bool chmod(FileName const & file, unsigned long int mode);
+/**
+ * rename a file, returns false if it fails.
+ * It can handle renames across partitions.
+ */
+bool rename(FileName const & from, FileName const & to);
+/// copy a file, returns false it it fails
+bool copy(FileName const & from, FileName const & to,
+          unsigned long int mode = (unsigned long int)-1);
+/// generates a checksum of a file
+unsigned long sum(FileName const & file);
+/// FIXME: some point to this hmm ?
+int kill(int pid, int sig);
+/// FIXME: same here
+void abort();
+/// create the given directory with the given mode
+int mkdir(FileName const & pathname, unsigned long int mode);
+/// unlink the given file
+int unlink(FileName const & file);
+/// (securely) create a temporary file in the given dir with the given mask
+/// \p mask must be in filesystem encoding
+FileName const tempName(FileName const & dir = FileName(),
+                     std::string const & mask = std::string());
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if var is approximately equal to number with allowed error
+ * of 'error'.
+ *
+ * Usage: if (float_equal(var, number, 0.0001)) { }
+ *
+ * This will check if 'var' is approx. equal to 'number' with error of 1/1000
+ */
+inline bool float_equal(double var, double number, double error)
+{
+       return (number - error <= var && var <= number + error);
+}
+
+} // namespace support
+} // namespace lyx
+
+#endif /* LYX_LIB_H */