New functions in utils.h: readlink realpath

[libs/core.git] / source / utils.h

diff --git a/source/utils.h b/source/utils.h
index a6d956869bf633d531d35e24636b8b37519e35f4..9b4a1e0f706d972f3f3cfbc3472a047cbd35129e 100644 (file)
--- a/source/utils.h
+++ b/source/utils.h
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ Distributed under the LGPL
 #ifndef MSP_FS_UTILS_H_
 #define MSP_FS_UTILS_H_
 
+#include "path.h"
+
 namespace Msp {
 namespace FS {
 
-class Path;
-
 /// Extracts the last component of the path.
 std::string basename(const Path &);
 
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ filesystem.
 */
 Path fix_case(const Path &path);
 
+/// Reads the contents of a symbolic link
+Path readlink(const Path &path);
+
+/// Resolves all symlinks from a path.  Will always return an absolute path.
+Path realpath(const Path &path);
+
 /// Removes a file
 void unlink(const Path &path);