/* -*- Mode: C; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 8; tab-width: 8 -*- */
/* e-path.c
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2001 Ximian, Inc.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
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 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
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 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
 */

#include <config.h>

#include <string.h>
#include <glib.h>
#include "e-path.h"

#define SUBFOLDER_DIR_NAME     "subfolders"
#define SUBFOLDER_DIR_NAME_LEN 10

/**
 * e_path_to_physical:
 * @prefix: a prefix to prepend to the path, or %NULL
 * @path: the virtual path to convert to a filesystem path.
 *
 * This converts the "virtual" path @path into an expanded form that
 * allows a given name to refer to both a file and a directory. The
 * expanded path will have a "subfolders" directory inserted between
 * each path component.
 *
 * If @prefix is non-%NULL, it will be prepended to the returned path.
 *
 * Return value: the expanded path
 **/
char *
e_path_to_physical (const char *prefix, const char *vpath)
{
	const char *p, *newp;
	char *dp;
	char *ppath;
	int ppath_len;
	int prefix_len;

	while (vpath == '/')
		vpath++;
	if (!prefix)
		prefix = "";

	/* Calculate the length of the real path. */
	ppath_len = strlen (vpath);
	ppath_len++;	/* For the ending zero.  */

	prefix_len = strlen (prefix);
	ppath_len += prefix_len;
	ppath_len++;	/* For the separating slash.  */

	/* Take account of the fact that we need to translate every
	 * separator into `subfolders/'.
	 */
	p = vpath;
	while (1) {
		newp = strchr (p, '/');
		if (newp == NULL)
			break;

		ppath_len += SUBFOLDER_DIR_NAME_LEN;
		ppath_len++; /* For the separating slash.  */

		/* Skip consecutive slashes.  */
		while (*newp == '/')
			newp++;

		p = newp;
	};

	ppath = g_malloc (ppath_len);
	dp = ppath;

	memcpy (dp, prefix, prefix_len);
	dp += prefix_len;
	*(dp++) = '/';

	/* Copy the mangled path.  */
	p = vpath;
 	while (1) {
		newp = strchr (p, '/');
		if (newp == NULL) {
			strcpy (dp, p);
			break;
		}

		memcpy (dp, p, newp - p + 1); /* `+ 1' to copy the slash too.  */
		dp += newp - p + 1;

		memcpy (dp, SUBFOLDER_DIR_NAME, SUBFOLDER_DIR_NAME_LEN);
		dp += SUBFOLDER_DIR_NAME_LEN;

		*(dp++) = '/';

		/* Skip consecutive slashes.  */
		while (*newp == '/')
			newp++;

		p = newp;
	}

	return ppath;
}