Function

Foundrypath_expand

Declaration [src]

char*
foundry_path_expand (
  const char* path
)

Description [src]

This function will expand various “shell-like” features of the provided path using the POSIX wordexp(3) function. Command substitution will not be enabled, but path features such as ~user will be expanded.

Parameters

path

Type: const char*

No description available.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

Return value

Type: char*

A newly allocated string containing the expansion. A copy of the input string upon failure to expand.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.