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 *
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 *
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 *
 * Authors: Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@sophia.inria.fr>
 */
#ifndef SYSTEM_PATH
#define SYSTEM_PATH

#include <string>
#include <list>

/**
 * \file
 * \ingroup systempath
 * System-independent file and directory function declarations.
 */

namespace ns3 {

/**
 * \ingroup system
 * \defgroup systempath Host Filesystem
 * \brief Encapsulate OS-specific functions to manipulate file
 * and directory paths.
 *
 * The functions provided here are used mostly to implement
 * the ns-3 test framework.
 */

/**
 * \ingroup systempath
 * \brief Namespace for various file and directory path functions.
 */
namespace SystemPath {

  /**
   * \ingroup systempath
   * Get the file system path to the current executable.
   *
   * \return the directory in which the currently-executing binary is located
   */
  std::string FindSelfDirectory (void);
  
  /**
   * \ingroup systempath
   * Join two file system path elements.
   *
   * \param left a path element
   * \param right a path element
   * \return a concatenation of the two input paths
   */
  std::string Append (std::string left, std::string right);

  /**
   * \ingroup systempath
   * Split a file system path into directories according to
   * the local path separator.
   *
   * This is the inverse of Join.
   *
   * \param path a path
   * \return a list of path elements that can be joined together again with
   *         the Join function.
   * \sa ns3::SystemPath::Join
   */
  std::list<std::string> Split (std::string path);

  /**
   * Join a list of file system path directories into a single
   * file system path.
   *
   * This is the inverse of Split.
   *
   * \ingroup systempath
   * \param begin iterator to first element to join
   * \param end iterator to last element to join
   * \return a path that is a concatenation of all the input elements.
   */
  std::string Join (std::list<std::string>::const_iterator begin,
		    std::list<std::string>::const_iterator end);
  
  /**
   * \ingroup systempath
   * Get the list of files located in a file system directory.
   *
   * \param path a path which identifies a directory
   * \return a list of the filenames which are located in the input directory
   */
  std::list<std::string> ReadFiles (std::string path);

  /**
   * \ingroup systempath
   * Get the name of a temporary directory.
   *
   * The returned path identifies a directory which does not exist yet.
   * Call ns3::SystemPath::MakeDirectories to create it. Yes, there is a
   * well-known security race in this API but we don't care in ns-3.
   *
   * \return a path which identifies a temporary directory.
   */
  std::string MakeTemporaryDirectoryName (void);

  /**
   * \ingroup systempath
   * Create all the directories leading to path.
   *
   * \param path a path to a directory
   */
  void MakeDirectories (std::string path);

} // namespace SystemPath


} // namespace ns3


#endif /* SYSTEM_PATH */