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-rw-r--r--lib/cUnix.ml5
-rw-r--r--lib/cUnix.mli7
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/cUnix.ml b/lib/cUnix.ml
index 867f86a74..34fb660db 100644
--- a/lib/cUnix.ml
+++ b/lib/cUnix.ml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ type load_path = physical_path list
let physical_path_of_string s = s
let string_of_physical_path p = p
+let escaped_string_of_physical_path p =
+ (* We assume a reasonable-enough path (typically utf8) and prevents
+ the presence of space; other escapings might be useful... *)
+ if String.contains p ' ' then "\"" ^ p ^ "\"" else p
+
let path_to_list p =
let sep = Str.regexp (if Sys.os_type = "Win32" then ";" else ":") in
Str.split sep p
diff --git a/lib/cUnix.mli b/lib/cUnix.mli
index a39481404..d08dc4c40 100644
--- a/lib/cUnix.mli
+++ b/lib/cUnix.mli
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ type load_path = physical_path list
val physical_path_of_string : string -> physical_path
val string_of_physical_path : physical_path -> string
+(** Escape what has to be escaped (e.g. surround with quotes if with spaces) *)
+val escaped_string_of_physical_path : physical_path -> string
+
val canonical_path_name : string -> string
-(** remove all initial "./" in a path *)
+(** Remove all initial "./" in a path *)
val remove_path_dot : string -> string
(** If a path [p] starts with the current directory $PWD then
@@ -61,6 +64,6 @@ val sys_command : string -> string list -> Unix.process_status
val waitpid_non_intr : int -> Unix.process_status
-(** checks if two file names refer to the same (existing) file *)
+(** Check if two file names refer to the same (existing) file *)
val same_file : string -> string -> bool