namespace lyx {
namespace support {
+class FileName;
+
/// get the current working directory
std::string const getcwd();
/// change to a directory, 0 is returned on success.
-int chdir(std::string const & name);
+int chdir(FileName const & name);
/// Change file permissions
-bool chmod(std::string const & file, unsigned long int mode);
+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(std::string const & from, std::string const & to);
+bool rename(FileName const & from, FileName const & to);
/// copy a file, returns false it it fails
-bool copy(std::string const & from, std::string const & to,
+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(std::string const & 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(std::string const & pathname, unsigned long int mode);
+int mkdir(FileName const & pathname, unsigned long int mode);
/// unlink the given file
-int unlink(std::string const & file);
+int unlink(FileName const & file);
/// (securely) create a temporary file in the given dir with the given prefix
std::string const tempName(std::string const & dir = std::string(),
std::string const & mask = std::string());