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Function `dmd.utils.toPosixPath`

Normalize path by turning backslashes into forward slashes


						
				const(char)* toPosixPath
				(
				

				  const(char)* src
				

				) nothrow @trusted;
				

				

				const(char)[] toPosixPath
				(
				

				  const(char)[] src
				

				) pure nothrow @safe;

Parameters

Name	Description
src	Source path, using window-style ('\') or mixed path separators

Returns

A newly-allocated string with '\' turned into '/'

Example

const(char)[] nullStr;
const(char)* nullStrP;

writeln(toPosixPath(nullStrP)); // null
writeln(toPosixPath(nullStr)); // null

@trusted nothrow void assertion(const(char)[] s1, const(char)[] s2)
{
    writeln(toPosixPath(s1)); // s2
    writeln(strcmp(toPosixPath(s1.ptr), s2.ptr)); // 0
}

const posixAbsPath = `/some/path`;
const posixRelPath = `some/path`;

const windowsAbsPath = `C:\some\path`;
const windowsAbsMixedPath = `C:\some/path`;
const windowsAbsPosixPath = `C:/some/path`;
const windowsRelPath = `some\path`;

assertion(posixAbsPath, posixAbsPath);
assertion(posixRelPath, posixRelPath);
assertion(windowsAbsPath, windowsAbsPosixPath);
assertion(windowsAbsMixedPath, windowsAbsPosixPath);
assertion(windowsAbsPosixPath, windowsAbsPosixPath);
assertion(windowsRelPath, posixRelPath);

Authors

Walter Bright

License

Boost License 1.0