mu/src/mu-util.h

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/*
** Copyright (C) 2008 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
**
** This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
** it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
** the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
** (at your option) any later version.
**
** This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
** but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
** MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
** GNU General Public License for more details.
**
** You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
** along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
** Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
**
*/
#ifndef __MU_UTIL_H__
#define __MU_UTIL_H__
#include <glib.h>
G_BEGIN_DECLS
/**
* get the expanded path; currently only a starting '~/' will be
* replaced by the users home directory, ie. for a user 'bob' this could mean
* something like "~/my/path/to/something" --> "/home/bob/my/path/to/something"
*
* @param path path to expand
*
* @return the expanded path as a newly allocated string, or NULL in
* case of error
*/
char* mu_util_homedir_expand (const char* path);
/**
* take a char*[] and turn it into a GSList
*
* @param argc numbers of strings
* @param argv array of strings
*
* @return a newly allocated GSList of the arguments; or NULL in case
* of error. use mu_exprs_helpers_strlist_free when done with the list
*/
GSList *mu_util_strlist_from_args (int argc, char *argv[]);
/**
* free a list of strings, as produced by mu_expr_helpers_strlist_from_args or
* mu_expr_helpers_strlist_from_str
*
* @param lst a list or NULL
*/
void mu_util_strlist_free (GSList *lst);
G_END_DECLS
#endif /*__MU_UTIL_H__*/