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// $XORP: xorp/rtrmgr/util.hh,v 1.14 2006/03/16 00:06:05 pavlin Exp $

#ifndef __RTRMGR_UTIL_HH__
#define __RTRMGR_UTIL_HH__

/**
 * Initialize paths.
 *
 * This method attempts to determine where XORP is being run from and
 * initialize paths accordingly.  If the environment variable
 * XORP_ROOT is set, this overrides the path determination algorithm.
 *
 * This method should be called before any
 * of the following methods:
 *
 *   @li @ref xorp_binary_root_dir()
 *   @li @ref xorp_config_root_dir()
 *   @li @ref xorp_template_dir()
 *   @li @ref xorp_xrl_targets_dir()
 *   @li @ref xorp_boot_file()
 *
 * @param argv0 the argv[0] supplied to main().
 */
void xorp_path_init(const char* argv0);

/**
 * Return top-level directory of xorp binaries.
 *
 * @ref xorp_path_init() must be called before this method will return a sane
 * value.
 */
const string& xorp_binary_root_dir();

/**
 * Return top-level directory of xorp configuration files.
 *
 * @ref xorp_path_init() must be called before this method will return a sane
 * value.
 */
const string& xorp_config_root_dir();

/**
 * Return the path of the xorp templates directory given the xorp_root
 * path.
 *
 * @ref xorp_path_init() must be called before this method will return a sane
 * value.
 */
string xorp_template_dir();

/**
 * Return the path of the xrl targets directory given the xorp_root
 * path.
 *
 * @ref xorp_path_init() must be called before this method will return a sane
 * value.
 */
string xorp_xrl_targets_dir();

/**
 * Return path of boot config file to be used given the xorp_root path.
 *
 * @ref xorp_path_init() must be called before this method will return a sane
 * value.
 */
string xorp_boot_file();

/**
 * Remove enclosing quotes from string.
 *
 * @param s string that may have enclosing quotes.
 * @return string with quotes removed.
 */
string& unquote(string& s);

/**
 * Remove enclosing quotes from string value.
 *
 * @param s string that may have enclosing quotes.
 * @return copy of string with quotes removed.
 */
string unquote(const string& s);

/**
 * Test if a string should be in quotes.
 * A string should be in quotes if it contains a character that is not
 * a letter or a digit.
 * 
 * @param s the string to test.
 * @return true if the string should be in quotes, otherwise false.
 */
bool is_quotable_string(const string& s);

/**
 * Find the name (including the path) of an executable program.
 * 
 * If the filename contains an absolute pathname, then we return the
 * program filename or an error if the program is not executable.
 * If the pathname is relative, then first we consider the XORP binary
 * root directory, and then the directories in the user's PATH environment.
 * 
 * @param program_filename the name of the program to find.
 * @return the name of the executable program on success, empty string
 * on failure.
 */
string find_executable_filename(const string& program_filename);

/**
 * Find the name (including the path) and the arguments of an executable
 * program and return them by reference.
 * 
 * If the filename contains an absolute pathname, then we return-by-reference
 * the program filename or an error if the program is not executable.
 * If the pathname is relative, then first we consider the XORP binary
 * root directory, and then the directories in the user's PATH environment.
 * 
 * @param program_request a string with the name of the program to find
 * and its arguments.
 * @param executable_filename the return-by-reference name of the executable
 * program on success, empty string on failure.
 * @param program_arguments the return-by-reference program arguments,
 * or an empty string if no arguments were supplied.
 */
void find_executable_filename_and_arguments(const string& program_request,
					    string& executable_filename,
					    string& program_arguments);

#endif // __RTRMGR_UTIL_HH__

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