STDERR
};
+enum path_case {
+ CASE_UNCHANGED,
+ CASE_ADJUSTED
+};
+
/// Do some work just once.
void init(int argc, char * argv[]);
bool isFilesystemCaseSensitive();
/// Extract the path common to both @c p1 and @c p2. DBCS aware!
-/// \p p1, \p p2 and the return value are encoded in utf8.
+/// \p p1 and \p p2 are encoded in ucs4, \returns the index to the end of
+/// the last matching path component (the index may be pointing after the
+/// end of @c p1 or @c p2 if their last char is not the path separator).
std::size_t common_path(docstring const & p1, docstring const & p2);
/// Converts a unix style path to host OS style.
*/
std::string real_path(std::string const & path);
+/** Checks whether \param path starts with \param pre, accounting for case
+ * insensitive file systems.
+ */
+bool path_prefix_is(std::string const & path, std::string const & pre);
+
+/** Checks whether \param path starts with \param pre, accounting for case
+ * insensitive file systems. If true, the file system is case insensitive,
+ * and \param how == CASE_ADJUSTED, the case of the matching prefix in
+ * @c path is made equal to that of @c pre.
+ */
+bool path_prefix_is(std::string & path, std::string const & pre, path_case how = CASE_UNCHANGED);
+
} // namespace os
} // namespace support
} // namespace lyx