//========= Copyright Valve Corporation ============// #include #include #if defined( _WIN32) #include #include #include #include #include #include #undef GetEnvironmentVariable #else #include #include #include #include #include #endif #if defined OSX #include #include #include #define _S_IFDIR S_IFDIR // really from tier0/platform.h which we dont have yet #endif #include #include /** Returns the path (including filename) to the current executable */ std::string Path_GetExecutablePath() { #if defined( _WIN32 ) wchar_t *pwchPath = new wchar_t[MAX_UNICODE_PATH]; char *pchPath = new char[MAX_UNICODE_PATH_IN_UTF8]; ::GetModuleFileNameW( NULL, pwchPath, MAX_UNICODE_PATH ); WideCharToMultiByte( CP_UTF8, 0, pwchPath, -1, pchPath, MAX_UNICODE_PATH_IN_UTF8, NULL, NULL ); delete[] pwchPath; std::string sPath = pchPath; delete[] pchPath; return sPath; #elif defined( OSX ) char rchPath[1024]; uint32_t nBuff = sizeof( rchPath ); bool bSuccess = _NSGetExecutablePath(rchPath, &nBuff) == 0; rchPath[nBuff-1] = '\0'; if( bSuccess ) return rchPath; else return ""; #elif defined LINUX char rchPath[1024]; size_t nBuff = sizeof( rchPath ); ssize_t nRead = readlink("/proc/self/exe", rchPath, nBuff-1 ); if ( nRead != -1 ) { rchPath[ nRead ] = 0; return rchPath; } else { return ""; } #else AssertMsg( false, "Implement Plat_GetExecutablePath" ); return ""; #endif } /** Returns the path of the current working directory */ std::string Path_GetWorkingDirectory() { std::string sPath; #if defined( _WIN32 ) wchar_t buf[MAX_UNICODE_PATH]; sPath = UTF16to8( _wgetcwd( buf, MAX_UNICODE_PATH ) ); #else char buf[ 1024 ]; sPath = getcwd( buf, sizeof( buf ) ); #endif return sPath; } /** Sets the path of the current working directory. Returns true if this was successful. */ bool Path_SetWorkingDirectory( const std::string & sPath ) { bool bSuccess; #if defined( _WIN32 ) std::wstring wsPath = UTF8to16( sPath.c_str() ); bSuccess = 0 == _wchdir( wsPath.c_str() ); #else bSuccess = 0 == chdir( sPath.c_str() ); #endif return bSuccess; } /** Gets the path to a temporary directory. */ std::string Path_GetTemporaryDirectory() { #if defined( _WIN32 ) wchar_t buf[MAX_UNICODE_PATH]; if ( GetTempPathW( MAX_UNICODE_PATH, buf ) == 0 ) return Path_GetWorkingDirectory(); return UTF16to8( buf ); #else const char *pchTmpDir = getenv( "TMPDIR" ); if ( pchTmpDir == NULL ) { return ""; } return pchTmpDir; #endif } /** Returns the specified path without its filename */ std::string Path_StripFilename( const std::string & sPath, char slash ) { if( slash == 0 ) slash = Path_GetSlash(); std::string::size_type n = sPath.find_last_of( slash ); if( n == std::string::npos ) return sPath; else return std::string( sPath.begin(), sPath.begin() + n ); } /** returns just the filename from the provided full or relative path. */ std::string Path_StripDirectory( const std::string & sPath, char slash ) { if( slash == 0 ) slash = Path_GetSlash(); std::string::size_type n = sPath.find_last_of( slash ); if( n == std::string::npos ) return sPath; else return std::string( sPath.begin() + n + 1, sPath.end() ); } /** returns just the filename with no extension of the provided filename. * If there is a path the path is left intact. */ std::string Path_StripExtension( const std::string & sPath ) { for( std::string::const_reverse_iterator i = sPath.rbegin(); i != sPath.rend(); i++ ) { if( *i == '.' ) { return std::string( sPath.begin(), i.base() - 1 ); } // if we find a slash there is no extension if( *i == '\\' || *i == '/' ) break; } // we didn't find an extension return sPath; } /** returns just extension of the provided filename (if any). */ std::string Path_GetExtension( const std::string & sPath ) { for ( std::string::const_reverse_iterator i = sPath.rbegin(); i != sPath.rend(); i++ ) { if ( *i == '.' ) { return std::string( i.base(), sPath.end() ); } // if we find a slash there is no extension if ( *i == '\\' || *i == '/' ) break; } // we didn't find an extension return ""; } bool Path_IsAbsolute( const std::string & sPath ) { if( sPath.empty() ) return false; #ifdef _WIN32 if ( sPath.size() < 3 ) // must be c:\x or \\x at least return false; if ( sPath[1] == ':' ) // drive letter plus slash, but must test both slash cases { if ( sPath[2] == '\\' || sPath[2] == '/' ) return true; } else if ( sPath[0] == '\\' && sPath[1] == '\\' ) // UNC path return true; #else if( sPath[0] == '\\' || sPath[0] == '/' ) // any leading slash return true; #endif return false; } /** Makes an absolute path from a relative path and a base path */ std::string Path_MakeAbsolute( const std::string & sRelativePath, const std::string & sBasePath ) { if( Path_IsAbsolute( sRelativePath ) ) return Path_Compact( sRelativePath ); else { if( !Path_IsAbsolute( sBasePath ) ) return ""; std::string sCompacted = Path_Compact( Path_Join( sBasePath, sRelativePath ) ); if( Path_IsAbsolute( sCompacted ) ) return sCompacted; else return ""; } } /** Fixes the directory separators for the current platform */ std::string Path_FixSlashes( const std::string & sPath, char slash ) { if( slash == 0 ) slash = Path_GetSlash(); std::string sFixed = sPath; for( std::string::iterator i = sFixed.begin(); i != sFixed.end(); i++ ) { if( *i == '/' || *i == '\\' ) *i = slash; } return sFixed; } char Path_GetSlash() { #if defined(_WIN32) return '\\'; #else return '/'; #endif } /** Jams two paths together with the right kind of slash */ std::string Path_Join( const std::string & first, const std::string & second, char slash ) { if( slash == 0 ) slash = Path_GetSlash(); // only insert a slash if we don't already have one std::string::size_type nLen = first.length(); if( !nLen ) return second; #if defined(_WIN32) if( first.back() == '\\' || first.back() == '/' ) nLen--; #else char last_char = first[first.length()-1]; if (last_char == '\\' || last_char == '/') nLen--; #endif return first.substr( 0, nLen ) + std::string( 1, slash ) + second; } std::string Path_Join( const std::string & first, const std::string & second, const std::string & third, char slash ) { return Path_Join( Path_Join( first, second, slash ), third, slash ); } std::string Path_Join( const std::string & first, const std::string & second, const std::string & third, const std::string &fourth, char slash ) { return Path_Join( Path_Join( Path_Join( first, second, slash ), third, slash ), fourth, slash ); } std::string Path_Join( const std::string & first, const std::string & second, const std::string & third, const std::string & fourth, const std::string & fifth, char slash ) { return Path_Join( Path_Join( Path_Join( Path_Join( first, second, slash ), third, slash ), fourth, slash ), fifth, slash ); } std::string Path_RemoveTrailingSlash( const std::string & sRawPath, char slash ) { if ( slash == 0 ) slash = Path_GetSlash(); std::string sPath = sRawPath; std::string::size_type nCurrent = sRawPath.length(); if ( nCurrent == 0 ) return sPath; int nLastFound = -1; nCurrent--; while( nCurrent != 0 ) { if ( sRawPath[ nCurrent ] == slash ) { nLastFound = (int)nCurrent; nCurrent--; } else { break; } } if ( nLastFound >= 0 ) { sPath.erase( nLastFound, std::string::npos ); } return sPath; } /** Removes redundant /.. elements in the path. Returns an empty path if the * specified path has a broken number of directories for its number of ..s */ std::string Path_Compact( const std::string & sRawPath, char slash ) { if( slash == 0 ) slash = Path_GetSlash(); std::string sPath = Path_FixSlashes( sRawPath, slash ); std::string sSlashString( 1, slash ); // strip out all /./ for( std::string::size_type i = 0; (i + 3) < sPath.length(); ) { if( sPath[ i ] == slash && sPath[ i+1 ] == '.' && sPath[ i+2 ] == slash ) { sPath.replace( i, 3, sSlashString ); } else { ++i; } } // get rid of trailing /. but leave the path separator if( sPath.length() > 2 ) { std::string::size_type len = sPath.length(); if( sPath[ len-1 ] == '.' && sPath[ len-2 ] == slash ) { sPath.pop_back(); //Not sure why the following line of code was used for a while. It causes problems with strlen. //sPath[len-1] = 0; // for now, at least } } // get rid of leading ./ if( sPath.length() > 2 ) { if( sPath[ 0 ] == '.' && sPath[ 1 ] == slash ) { sPath.replace( 0, 2, "" ); } } // each time we encounter .. back up until we've found the previous directory name // then get rid of both std::string::size_type i = 0; while( i < sPath.length() ) { if( i > 0 && sPath.length() - i >= 2 && sPath[i] == '.' && sPath[i+1] == '.' && ( i + 2 == sPath.length() || sPath[ i+2 ] == slash ) && sPath[ i-1 ] == slash ) { // check if we've hit the start of the string and have a bogus path if( i == 1 ) return ""; // find the separator before i-1 std::string::size_type iDirStart = i-2; while( iDirStart > 0 && sPath[ iDirStart - 1 ] != slash ) --iDirStart; // remove everything from iDirStart to i+2 sPath.replace( iDirStart, (i - iDirStart) + 3, "" ); // start over i = 0; } else { ++i; } } return sPath; } /** Returns true if these two paths are the same without respect for internal . or .. * sequences, slash type, or case (on case-insensitive platforms). */ bool Path_IsSamePath( const std::string & sPath1, const std::string & sPath2 ) { std::string sCompact1 = Path_Compact( sPath1 ); std::string sCompact2 = Path_Compact( sPath2 ); #if defined(WIN32) return !stricmp( sCompact1.c_str(), sCompact2.c_str() ); #else return !strcmp( sCompact1.c_str(), sCompact2.c_str() ); #endif } /** Returns the path to the current DLL or exe */ std::string Path_GetThisModulePath() { // gets the path of vrclient.dll itself #ifdef WIN32 HMODULE hmodule = NULL; ::GetModuleHandleEx( GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS | GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_UNCHANGED_REFCOUNT, reinterpret_cast(Path_GetThisModulePath), &hmodule ); wchar_t *pwchPath = new wchar_t[MAX_UNICODE_PATH]; char *pchPath = new char[ MAX_UNICODE_PATH_IN_UTF8 ]; ::GetModuleFileNameW( hmodule, pwchPath, MAX_UNICODE_PATH ); WideCharToMultiByte( CP_UTF8, 0, pwchPath, -1, pchPath, MAX_UNICODE_PATH_IN_UTF8, NULL, NULL ); delete[] pwchPath; std::string sPath = pchPath; delete [] pchPath; return sPath; #elif defined( OSX ) || defined( LINUX ) // get the addr of a function in vrclient.so and then ask the dlopen system about it Dl_info info; dladdr( (void *)Path_GetThisModulePath, &info ); return info.dli_fname; #endif } /** returns true if the specified path exists and is a directory */ bool Path_IsDirectory( const std::string & sPath ) { std::string sFixedPath = Path_FixSlashes( sPath ); if( sFixedPath.empty() ) return false; char cLast = sFixedPath[ sFixedPath.length() - 1 ]; if( cLast == '/' || cLast == '\\' ) sFixedPath.erase( sFixedPath.end() - 1, sFixedPath.end() ); // see if the specified path actually exists. #if defined(POSIX) struct stat buf; if ( stat( sFixedPath.c_str(), &buf ) == -1 ) { return false; } #if defined( LINUX ) || defined( OSX ) return S_ISDIR( buf.st_mode ); #else return (buf.st_mode & _S_IFDIR) != 0; #endif #else struct _stat buf; std::wstring wsFixedPath = UTF8to16( sFixedPath.c_str() ); if ( _wstat( wsFixedPath.c_str(), &buf ) == -1 ) { return false; } return (buf.st_mode & _S_IFDIR) != 0; #endif } /** returns true if the specified path represents an app bundle */ bool Path_IsAppBundle( const std::string & sPath ) { #if defined(OSX) @autoreleasepool { NSBundle *bundle = [ NSBundle bundleWithPath: [ NSString stringWithUTF8String:sPath.c_str() ] ]; bool bisAppBundle = ( nullptr != bundle ); return bisAppBundle; } #else return false; #endif } //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Purpose: returns true if the the path exists //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- bool Path_Exists( const std::string & sPath ) { std::string sFixedPath = Path_FixSlashes( sPath ); if( sFixedPath.empty() ) return false; #ifdef _WIN32 struct _stat buf; std::wstring wsFixedPath = UTF8to16( sFixedPath.c_str() ); if ( _wstat( wsFixedPath.c_str(), &buf ) == -1 ) { return false; } #else struct stat buf; if ( stat ( sFixedPath.c_str(), &buf ) == -1) { return false; } #endif return true; } //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Purpose: helper to find a directory upstream from a given path //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- std::string Path_FindParentDirectoryRecursively( const std::string &strStartDirectory, const std::string &strDirectoryName ) { std::string strFoundPath = ""; std::string strCurrentPath = Path_FixSlashes( strStartDirectory ); if ( strCurrentPath.length() == 0 ) return ""; bool bExists = Path_Exists( strCurrentPath ); std::string strCurrentDirectoryName = Path_StripDirectory( strCurrentPath ); if ( bExists && stricmp( strCurrentDirectoryName.c_str(), strDirectoryName.c_str() ) == 0 ) return strCurrentPath; while( bExists && strCurrentPath.length() != 0 ) { strCurrentPath = Path_StripFilename( strCurrentPath ); strCurrentDirectoryName = Path_StripDirectory( strCurrentPath ); bExists = Path_Exists( strCurrentPath ); if ( bExists && stricmp( strCurrentDirectoryName.c_str(), strDirectoryName.c_str() ) == 0 ) return strCurrentPath; } return ""; } //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Purpose: helper to find a subdirectory upstream from a given path //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- std::string Path_FindParentSubDirectoryRecursively( const std::string &strStartDirectory, const std::string &strDirectoryName ) { std::string strFoundPath = ""; std::string strCurrentPath = Path_FixSlashes( strStartDirectory ); if ( strCurrentPath.length() == 0 ) return ""; bool bExists = Path_Exists( strCurrentPath ); while( bExists && strCurrentPath.length() != 0 ) { strCurrentPath = Path_StripFilename( strCurrentPath ); bExists = Path_Exists( strCurrentPath ); if( Path_Exists( Path_Join( strCurrentPath, strDirectoryName ) ) ) { strFoundPath = Path_Join( strCurrentPath, strDirectoryName ); break; } } return strFoundPath; } //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Purpose: reading and writing files in the vortex directory //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- std::vector Path_ReadBinaryFile( const std::string & strFilename ) { FILE *f; #if defined( POSIX ) f = fopen( strFilename.c_str(), "rb" ); #else std::wstring wstrFilename = UTF8to16( strFilename.c_str() ); // the open operation needs to be sharable, therefore use of _wfsopen instead of _wfopen_s f = _wfsopen( wstrFilename.c_str(), L"rb", _SH_DENYNO ); #endif std::vector vecFileContents; if ( f != NULL ) { fseek( f, 0, SEEK_END ); int size = ftell( f ); fseek( f, 0, SEEK_SET ); vecFileContents.resize( size ); if ( fread( &vecFileContents[ 0 ], size, 1, f ) == 1 ) { } else { vecFileContents.clear(); } fclose( f ); } return vecFileContents ; } unsigned char * Path_ReadBinaryFile( const std::string &strFilename, int *pSize ) { FILE *f; #if defined( POSIX ) f = fopen( strFilename.c_str(), "rb" ); #else std::wstring wstrFilename = UTF8to16( strFilename.c_str() ); // the open operation needs to be sharable, therefore use of _wfsopen instead of _wfopen_s f = _wfsopen( wstrFilename.c_str(), L"rb", _SH_DENYNO ); #endif unsigned char* buf = NULL; if ( f != NULL ) { fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END); int size = ftell(f); fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET); buf = new unsigned char[size]; if (buf && fread(buf, size, 1, f) == 1) { if (pSize) *pSize = size; } else { delete[] buf; buf = 0; } fclose(f); } return buf; } uint32_t Path_ReadBinaryFile( const std::string &strFilename, unsigned char *pBuffer, uint32_t unSize ) { FILE *f; #if defined( POSIX ) f = fopen( strFilename.c_str(), "rb" ); #else std::wstring wstrFilename = UTF8to16( strFilename.c_str() ); errno_t err = _wfopen_s( &f, wstrFilename.c_str(), L"rb" ); if ( err != 0 ) { f = NULL; } #endif uint32_t unSizeToReturn = 0; if ( f != NULL ) { fseek( f, 0, SEEK_END ); uint32_t size = (uint32_t)ftell( f ); fseek( f, 0, SEEK_SET ); if ( size > unSize || !pBuffer ) { unSizeToReturn = (uint32_t)size; } else { if ( fread( pBuffer, size, 1, f ) == 1 ) { unSizeToReturn = (uint32_t)size; } } fclose( f ); } return unSizeToReturn; } bool Path_WriteBinaryFile(const std::string &strFilename, unsigned char *pData, unsigned nSize) { FILE *f; #if defined( POSIX ) f = fopen(strFilename.c_str(), "wb"); #else std::wstring wstrFilename = UTF8to16( strFilename.c_str() ); errno_t err = _wfopen_s( &f, wstrFilename.c_str(), L"wb" ); if (err != 0) { f = NULL; } #endif size_t written = 0; if (f != NULL) { written = fwrite(pData, sizeof(unsigned char), nSize, f); fclose(f); } return written == nSize ? true : false; } std::string Path_ReadTextFile( const std::string &strFilename ) { // doing it this way seems backwards, but I don't // see an easy way to do this with C/C++ style IO // that isn't worse... int size; unsigned char* buf = Path_ReadBinaryFile( strFilename, &size ); if (!buf) return ""; // convert CRLF -> LF size_t outsize = 1; for (int i=1; i < size; i++) { if (buf[i] == '\n' && buf[i-1] == '\r') // CRLF buf[outsize-1] = '\n'; // ->LF else buf[outsize++] = buf[i]; // just copy } std::string ret((char *)buf, outsize); delete[] buf; return ret; } bool Path_MakeWritable( const std::string &strFilename ) { #if defined ( _WIN32 ) std::wstring wstrFilename = UTF8to16( strFilename.c_str() ); DWORD dwAttrs = GetFileAttributesW( wstrFilename.c_str() ); if ( dwAttrs != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES && ( dwAttrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY ) ) { return SetFileAttributesW( wstrFilename.c_str(), dwAttrs & ~FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY ); } #else struct stat sb; if ( stat( strFilename.c_str(), &sb ) == 0 && !( sb.st_mode & S_IWUSR ) ) { return ( chmod( strFilename.c_str(), sb.st_mode | S_IWUSR ) == 0 ); } #endif return true; } bool Path_WriteStringToTextFile( const std::string &strFilename, const char *pchData ) { FILE *f; #if defined( POSIX ) f = fopen( strFilename.c_str(), "w" ); #else std::wstring wstrFilename = UTF8to16( strFilename.c_str() ); errno_t err = _wfopen_s( &f, wstrFilename.c_str(), L"w" ); if ( err != 0 ) { f = NULL; } #endif bool ok = false; if ( f != NULL ) { ok = fputs( pchData, f) >= 0; fclose(f); } return ok; } bool Path_WriteStringToTextFileAtomic( const std::string &strFilename, const char *pchData ) { std::string strTmpFilename = strFilename + ".tmp"; if ( !Path_WriteStringToTextFile( strTmpFilename, pchData ) ) return false; // Platform specific atomic file replacement #if defined( _WIN32 ) std::wstring wsFilename = UTF8to16( strFilename.c_str() ); std::wstring wsTmpFilename = UTF8to16( strTmpFilename.c_str() ); if ( !::ReplaceFileW( wsFilename.c_str(), wsTmpFilename.c_str(), nullptr, 0, 0, 0 ) ) { // if we couldn't ReplaceFile, try a non-atomic write as a fallback if ( !Path_WriteStringToTextFile( strFilename, pchData ) ) return false; } #elif defined( POSIX ) if ( rename( strTmpFilename.c_str(), strFilename.c_str() ) == -1 ) return false; #else #error Do not know how to write atomic file #endif return true; } #if defined(WIN32) #define FILE_URL_PREFIX "file:///" #else #define FILE_URL_PREFIX "file://" #endif // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Purpose: Turns a path to a file on disk into a URL (or just returns the value if it's already a URL) // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- std::string Path_FilePathToUrl( const std::string & sRelativePath, const std::string & sBasePath ) { if ( StringHasPrefix( sRelativePath, "http://" ) || StringHasPrefix( sRelativePath, "https://" ) || StringHasPrefix( sRelativePath, "vr-input-workshop://" ) || StringHasPrefix( sRelativePath, "file://" ) ) { return sRelativePath; } else { std::string sAbsolute = Path_MakeAbsolute( sRelativePath, sBasePath ); if ( sAbsolute.empty() ) return sAbsolute; sAbsolute = Path_FixSlashes( sAbsolute, '/' ); size_t unBufferSize = sAbsolute.length() * 3; char *pchBuffer = (char *)alloca( unBufferSize ); V_URLEncodeFullPath( pchBuffer, (int)unBufferSize, sAbsolute.c_str(), (int)sAbsolute.length() ); return std::string( FILE_URL_PREFIX ) + pchBuffer; } } // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Purpose: Strips off file:// off a URL and returns the path. For other kinds of URLs an empty string is returned // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- std::string Path_UrlToFilePath( const std::string & sFileUrl ) { if ( !strnicmp( sFileUrl.c_str(), FILE_URL_PREFIX, strlen( FILE_URL_PREFIX ) ) ) { char *pchBuffer = (char *)alloca( sFileUrl.length() ); V_URLDecodeNoPlusForSpace( pchBuffer, (int)sFileUrl.length(), sFileUrl.c_str() + strlen( FILE_URL_PREFIX ), (int)( sFileUrl.length() - strlen( FILE_URL_PREFIX ) ) ); return Path_FixSlashes( pchBuffer ); } else { return ""; } } // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Purpose: Returns the root of the directory the system wants us to store user documents in // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- std::string GetUserDocumentsPath() { #ifdef _WIN32 WCHAR rwchPath[MAX_PATH]; if ( !SUCCEEDED( SHGetFolderPathW( NULL, CSIDL_MYDOCUMENTS | CSIDL_FLAG_CREATE, NULL, 0, rwchPath ) ) ) { return ""; } // Convert the path to UTF-8 and store in the output std::string sUserPath = UTF16to8( rwchPath ); return sUserPath; #elif defined( OSX ) @autoreleasepool { NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains( NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES ); if ( [paths count] == 0 ) { return ""; } return [[paths objectAtIndex:0] UTF8String]; } #elif defined( LINUX ) // @todo: not solved/changed as part of OSX - still not real - just removed old class based steam cut and paste const char *pchHome = getenv( "HOME" ); if ( pchHome == NULL ) { return ""; } return pchHome; #endif } // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Purpose: deletes / unlinks a single file // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- bool Path_UnlinkFile( const std::string &strFilename ) { #ifdef _WIN32 std::wstring wsFilename = UTF8to16( strFilename.c_str() ); return ( 0 != DeleteFileW( wsFilename.c_str() ) ); #else return ( 0 == unlink( strFilename.c_str() ) ); #endif } // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Limits the set of characters that are allowed in filenames // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- std::string Path_SanitizeFilename( const std::string& sFilename ) { std::string sFixed = sFilename; std::string::iterator iLastDot = sFixed.end(); for ( std::string::iterator i = sFixed.begin(); i != sFixed.end(); i++ ) { if ( *i == '.' ) { iLastDot = i; } // path-related characters are forbidden (except the last period) switch ( *i ) { case '\0': case '.': case '\\': case '/': case ':': case '|': case '?': case '>': case '<': case '&': case '%': case '@': case '$': case '*': case '\"': *i = '_'; break; default: if ( *i < 32 ) { *i = '_'; } break; } } if ( iLastDot != sFixed.end() && iLastDot != sFixed.begin() && iLastDot+1 != sFixed.end() ) { *iLastDot = '.'; } return sFixed; }