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ENH: Add documentation on the problem with system wide path for looking up...

ENH: Add documentation on the problem with system wide path for looking up dynamic libraries. STYLE: Fix trailing white spaces
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......@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ typedef void (*DynamicLoaderFunction)();
*
* Directory currently works with Windows, Apple, HP-UX and Unix (POSIX)
* operating systems
*
* \warning dlopen on *nix system works the following way:
* If filename contains a slash ("/"), then it is interpreted as a (relative or absolute)
* pathname. Otherwise, the dynamic linker searches for the library as follows :
* see ld.so(8) for further details):
* Whereas this distinction does not exist on Win32. Therefore ideally you should be doing
* full path to garantee to have a consistent way of dealing with dynamic loading of shared
* library.
*/
class @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_EXPORT DynamicLoader
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......@@ -205,15 +205,15 @@ public:
/**
* Return string with space added between capitalized words
* (i.e. EatMyShorts becomes Eat My Shorts
* (i.e. EatMyShorts becomes Eat My Shorts )
*/
static kwsys_stl::string AddSpaceBetweenCapitalizedWords(
const kwsys_stl::string&);
/**
/**
* Append two or more strings and produce new one.
* Programmer must 'delete []' the resulting string, which was allocated
* with 'new'.
* Programmer must 'delete []' the resulting string, which was allocated
* with 'new'.
* Return 0 if inputs are empty or there was an error
*/
static char* AppendStrings(
......@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public:
static char* AppendStrings(
const char* str1, const char* str2, const char* str3);
/**
/**
* Estimate the length of the string that will be produced
* from printing the given format string and arguments. The
* returned length will always be at least as large as the string
......@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public:
*/
static kwsys_stl::string EscapeChars(
const char *str, const char *chars_to_escape, char escape_char = '\\');
/** -----------------------------------------------------------------
* Filename Manipulation Routines
* -----------------------------------------------------------------
......@@ -253,12 +253,12 @@ public:
* it calls ConvertToUnixOutputPath
*/
static kwsys_stl::string ConvertToOutputPath(const char*);
/**
* Return true if a file exists in the current directory
*/
static bool FileExists(const char* filename);
/**
* Return file length
*/
......@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public:
* Compare file modification times.
* Return true for successful comparison and false for error.
* When true is returned, result has -1, 0, +1 for
* f1 older, same, or newer than f2.
* f1 older, same, or newer than f2.
*/
static bool FileTimeCompare(const char* f1, const char* f2,
int* result);
......@@ -293,12 +293,12 @@ public:
* part, the empty string is returned.
*/
static kwsys_stl::string GetProgramPath(const char*);
static bool SplitProgramPath(const char* in_name,
kwsys_stl::string& dir,
static bool SplitProgramPath(const char* in_name,
kwsys_stl::string& dir,
kwsys_stl::string& file,
bool errorReport = true);
/**
/**
* Given argv[0] for a unix program find the full path to a running
* executable. argv0 can be null for windows WinMain programs
* in this case GetModuleFileName will be used to find the path
......@@ -310,13 +310,13 @@ public:
* buildDir is a possibly null path to the build directory.
* installPrefix is a possibly null pointer to the install directory.
*/
static bool FindProgramPath(const char* argv0,
static bool FindProgramPath(const char* argv0,
kwsys_stl::string& pathOut,
kwsys_stl::string& errorMsg,
const char* exeName = 0,
const char* buildDir = 0,
const char* buildDir = 0,
const char* installPrefix = 0);
/**
* Given a path to a file or directory, convert it to a full path.
* This collapses away relative paths relative to the cwd argument
......@@ -365,19 +365,19 @@ public:
* Return file name of a full filename (i.e. file name without path)
*/
static kwsys_stl::string GetFilenameName(const kwsys_stl::string&);
/**
* Split a program from its arguments and handle spaces in the paths
*/
static void SplitProgramFromArgs(
const char* path,
const char* path,
kwsys_stl::string& program, kwsys_stl::string& args);
/**
* Return longest file extension of a full filename (dot included)
*/
static kwsys_stl::string GetFilenameExtension(const kwsys_stl::string&);
/**
* Return shortest file extension of a full filename (dot included)
*/
......@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ public:
from /usr/src to /usr/src/test/blah/foo.cpp -> test/blah/foo.cpp
*/
static kwsys_stl::string RelativePath(const char* local, const char* remote);
/**
* Return file's modified time
*/
......@@ -653,11 +653,11 @@ public:
*/
/**
* Add the paths from the environment variable PATH to the
* Add the paths from the environment variable PATH to the
* string vector passed in. If env is set then the value
* of env will be used instead of PATH.
*/
static void GetPath(kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string>& path,
static void GetPath(kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string>& path,
const char* env=0);
/**
......@@ -680,8 +680,8 @@ public:
* Get the result of strerror(errno)
*/
static kwsys_stl::string GetLastSystemError();
/**
/**
* When building DEBUG with MSVC, this enables a hook that prevents
* error dialogs from popping up if the program is being run from
* DART.
......@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ public:
* some bogus size.
*/
static int GetTerminalWidth();
/**
* Add an entry in the path translation table.
*/
......@@ -711,13 +711,13 @@ public:
*/
static void CheckTranslationPath(kwsys_stl::string & path);
/**
* Delay the execution for a specified amount of time specified
* in miliseconds
/**
* Delay the execution for a specified amount of time specified
* in miliseconds
*/
static void Delay(unsigned int msec);
/**
/**
* Get the operating system name and version
* This is implemented for Win32 only for the moment
*/
......@@ -731,10 +731,10 @@ public:
*/
static void ConvertWindowsCommandLineToUnixArguments(
const char *cmd_line, int *argc, char ***argv);
protected:
// these two functions can be called from ConvertToOutputPath
/**
* Convert the path to string that can be used in a windows project or
* makefile. Double slashes are removed if they are not at the start of
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