hi,
Is there a class that handles file paths in Qt? Particularly I'm looking for something like .NET's Path.Combine.
I know there's one in boost::filesystem but I was wondering if there's one in Qt.
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A:
There is QDir which might be of help (see QDir::relativeFilePath and QDir::canonicalPath and others).
Quoting from QDir doc:
A QDir is used to manipulate path names, access information regarding paths and files, and manipulate the underlying file system.
MartinStettner
2009-04-11 17:30:56
Actually QDir is relatively stupid class. For example, it doesn't allow to cd() to nonexisting dir.
Sergei Stolyarov
2009-04-11 17:40:53
this a joke right ? No program can cd into non existing dir. QDir and QFile are very flexible, I highly recommend it.
Bluebird75
2009-04-11 19:34:25
What Sergei meant was `QDir::cd()` which is (should be) just a shortcut for `return QDir( this->filePath( arg ) )`. This has nothing to do with changing the CWD of the process. If `QDir::cd()` would allow non-existing names, then that would make it _the_ Qt class for abstracting away a Path (currently, `QString` serves that purpose - not!). Like it is now, if Sergei is right, it fails to meet up to the potential, which _indeed_ is a sad design mistake.
2009-07-21 07:58:49
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A:
QDir provides access to directory contents and allows various manipulation (mkdir for example). But there are no classes for path components manipulation unfortunately.
Sergei Stolyarov
2009-04-11 17:47:57
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A:
Another class that might be useful is QFileInfo.
From Qt documentation:
The QFileInfo class provides system-independent file information.
QFileInfo provides information about a file's name and position (path) in the file system, its access rights and whether it is a directory or symbolic link, etc. The file's size and last modified/read times are also available. QFileInfo can also be used to obtain information about a Qt resource.
swongu
2009-04-15 17:27:53