Re: file chooser dialog

[Roland Koebler <rk-list koebler com>]

hi,

> Does anybody also have an idea, how to realize the decision, if a path is
> below another one (platform independent would be nice but not absolutely
> necessary).
maybe there already is such a function in a library - I don't know.
but you can use glib. look here:
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-Miscellaneous-Utility-Functions
..html

> Unfortunately the function must work with relative paths also (so tring
> comparison is not possible).
look i.e. at: g_path_is_absolute, g_get_current_dir, g_build_path
with that, you can simply build an absolute path from a relative path.

example:
current = g_get_current_dir();
if( g_path_is_absolute(path) ) absolute = g_strdup( path );
else                           absolute = g_build_filename(current,path,NULL);
g_free(current);current=0;
....
g_free(absolute);absolute=0;

regards,
Roland