1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/android/utils/path.h b/android/utils/path.h
index 10436c6..e822834 100644
--- a/android/utils/path.h
+++ b/android/utils/path.h
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ extern ABool  path_is_regular( const char*  path );
 /* checks that a path points to a directory */
 extern ABool  path_is_dir( const char*  path );
 
+/* checks that a path is absolute or not */
+extern ABool  path_is_absolute( const char*  path );
+
 /* checks that one can read/write a given (regular) file */
 extern ABool  path_can_read( const char*  path );
 extern ABool  path_can_write( const char*  path );
@@ -77,6 +80,33 @@ extern APosixStatus   path_get_size( const char*  path, uint64_t  *psize );
  */
 extern char*  path_parent( const char*  path, int  levels );
 
+/* split a path into a (dirname,basename) pair. the result strings must be freed
+ * by the caller. Return 0 on success, or -1 on error. Error conditions include
+ * the following:
+ *   - 'path' is empty
+ *   - 'path' is "/" or degenerate cases like "////"
+ *   - basename is "." or ".."
+ *
+ * if there is no directory separator in path, *dirname will be set to "."
+ * if the path is of type "/foo", then *dirname will be set to "/"
+ *
+ * pdirname can be NULL if you don't want the directory name
+ * pbasename can be NULL if you don't want the base name
+ */
+extern int    path_split( const char*  path, char* *pdirname, char* *pbasename );
+
+/* a convenience function to retrieve the directory name as returned by
+ * path_split(). Returns NULL if path_split() returns an error.
+ * the result string must be freed by the caller
+ */
+extern char*  path_dirname( const char*  path );
+
+/* a convenience function to retrieve the base name as returned by
+ * path_split(). Returns NULL if path_split() returns an error.
+ * the result must be freed by the caller.
+ */
+extern char*  path_basename( const char*  path );
+
 /** OTHER FILE UTILITIES
  **
  **  path_empty_file() creates an empty file at a given path location.