PathUtil Class Reference

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#include <pathutil.h>

Static Public Member Functions
static QString	fileName (const QString &path)
	Extract the basename from a file path.
static QString	dirName (const QString &path)
	Extract the directory portion from a file path.
static QString	extension (const QString &path)
	Extract the file extension from a file path.
static QString	trimTrailingSlash (const QString &path)
	Remove a trailing directory separator from a path.
static QString	combine (const QString &p1, const QString &p2)
	Combine two path segments into a normalized path.
static QString	combine (const QString &p1, const QString &p2, const QString &p3)
	Combine three path segments into a normalized path.
static QString	combine (const QString &p1, const QString &p2, const QString &p3, const QString &p4)
	Combine four path segments into a normalized path.
static QString	combine (const QString &p1, const QString &p2, const QString &p3, const QString &p4, const QString &p5)
	Combine five path segments into a normalized path.
static QString	combine (const QString &p1, const QString &p2, const QString &p3, const QString &p4, const QString &p5, const QString &p6)
	Combine six path segments into a normalized path.
static QString	combine (const QString &p1, const QString &p2, const QString &p3, const QString &p4, const QString &p5, const QString &p6, const QString &p7)
	Combine seven path segments into a normalized path.
static QString	combine (const QStringList &parts)
	Combine a list of path segments into a normalized path.
static QFileInfo	which (const QString &basename)
	Find the first executable in PATH matching a basename.
static QString	popLevel (const QString &path)
	Return the given directory with one level removed.

Detailed Description

PathUtil.

Some static helper methods for files. Much of the functionallity in here has been overtaken by the QFileInfo native Qt object.

However, the extremely useful combine() method will combine many strings into a well-formatted path name.

Stephen Punak, July 04 2019

Static helper methods for filesystem path manipulation.

Definition at line 21 of file pathutil.h.

Member Function Documentation

combine() [1/7]

static QString PathUtil::combine ( const QString &  p1, const QString &  p2  )

inlinestatic

Combine two path segments into a normalized path.

Parameters

p1	First segment
p2	Second segment

Returns

Cleaned combined path

Definition at line 62 of file pathutil.h.

combine() [2/7]

static QString PathUtil::combine ( const QString &  p1, const QString &  p2, const QString &  p3  )

inlinestatic

Combine three path segments into a normalized path.

Parameters

p1	First segment
p2	Second segment
p3	Third segment

Returns

Cleaned combined path

Definition at line 72 of file pathutil.h.

combine() [3/7]

static QString PathUtil::combine ( const QString &  p1, const QString &  p2, const QString &  p3, const QString &  p4  )

inlinestatic

Combine four path segments into a normalized path.

Parameters

p1	First segment
p2	Second segment
p3	Third segment
p4	Fourth segment

Returns

Cleaned combined path

Definition at line 83 of file pathutil.h.

combine() [4/7]

static QString PathUtil::combine ( const QString &  p1, const QString &  p2, const QString &  p3, const QString &  p4, const QString &  p5  )

inlinestatic

Combine five path segments into a normalized path.

Parameters

p1	First segment
p2	Second segment
p3	Third segment
p4	Fourth segment
p5	Fifth segment

Returns

Cleaned combined path

Definition at line 95 of file pathutil.h.

combine() [5/7]

static QString PathUtil::combine ( const QString &  p1, const QString &  p2, const QString &  p3, const QString &  p4, const QString &  p5, const QString &  p6  )

inlinestatic

Combine six path segments into a normalized path.

Parameters

p1	First segment
p2	Second segment
p3	Third segment
p4	Fourth segment
p5	Fifth segment
p6	Sixth segment

Returns

Cleaned combined path

Definition at line 108 of file pathutil.h.

combine() [6/7]

static QString PathUtil::combine ( const QString &  p1, const QString &  p2, const QString &  p3, const QString &  p4, const QString &  p5, const QString &  p6, const QString &  p7  )

inlinestatic

Combine seven path segments into a normalized path.

Parameters

p1	First segment
p2	Second segment
p3	Third segment
p4	Fourth segment
p5	Fifth segment
p6	Sixth segment
p7	Seventh segment

Returns

Cleaned combined path

Definition at line 122 of file pathutil.h.

combine() [7/7]

static QString PathUtil::combine ( const QStringList &  parts )

static

Combine a list of path segments into a normalized path.

Parameters

parts

List of path segment strings

Returns

Cleaned combined path

dirName()

static QString PathUtil::dirName ( const QString &  path )

static

Extract the directory portion from a file path.

Parameters

path	File path string

Returns

Directory portion of the path

Deprecated:

Prefer QFileInfo::filePath()

extension()

static QString PathUtil::extension ( const QString &  path )

static

Extract the file extension from a file path.

Parameters

path	File path string

Returns

Extension string (without leading dot)

Deprecated:

Prefer QFileInfo::suffix()

fileName()

static QString PathUtil::fileName ( const QString &  path )

static

Extract the basename from a file path.

Parameters

path	File path string

Returns

Filename portion of the path

Deprecated:

Prefer QFileInfo::baseName()

popLevel()

static QString PathUtil::popLevel ( const QString &  path )

static

Return the given directory with one level removed.

Parameters

path	Directory path to shorten

Returns

Parent directory path

trimTrailingSlash()

static QString PathUtil::trimTrailingSlash ( const QString &  path )

static

Remove a trailing directory separator from a path.

Parameters

path	Path string to trim

Returns

Path without trailing separator

Deprecated:

Prefer QFileInfo::suffix()

which()

static QFileInfo PathUtil::which ( const QString &  basename )

static

Find the first executable in PATH matching a basename.

Parameters

basename

Executable filename to search for

Returns

QFileInfo for the found executable, or an invalid QFileInfo if not found

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• include/Kanoop/pathutil.h