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-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc16
-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h4
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index dc21d10eb..c7c60e00e 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -659,6 +659,22 @@ string flCombine(string Dir,string File)
return Dir + '/' + File;
}
/*}}}*/
+// flAbsPath - Return the absolute path of the filename /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* */
+string flAbsPath(string File)
+{
+ char *p = realpath(File.c_str(), NULL);
+ if (p == NULL)
+ {
+ _error->Errno("realpath", "flAbsPath failed");
+ return "";
+ }
+ std::string AbsPath(p);
+ free(p);
+ return AbsPath;
+}
+ /*}}}*/
// SetCloseExec - Set the close on exec flag /*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
/* */
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
index 489cee13a..452e5fcc2 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ std::string flNoLink(std::string File);
std::string flExtension(std::string File);
std::string flCombine(std::string Dir,std::string File);
+/** \brief Takes a file path and returns the absolute path
+ */
+std::string flAbsPath(std::string File);
+
// simple c++ glob
std::vector<std::string> Glob(std::string const &pattern, int flags=0);