FileInfo Service

The FileInfo service offers various operations on file paths, such as turning absolute paths into relative ones, splitting a path into its components, and so on.

Available Operations

baseName

FileInfo.baseName(filePath: string): string

Returns the file name of filePath up to (but not including) the first '.' character.

canonicalPath

FileInfo.canonicalPath(filePath: string): string

Returns a canonicalized filePath, i.e. an absolute path without symbolic links or redundant "." or ".." elements. On Windows, drive substitutions are also resolved.

It is recommended to use canonicalPath in only those cases where canonical paths are really necessary. In most cases, cleanPath should be enough.

cleanPath

FileInfo.cleanPath(filePath: string): string

Returns filePath without redundant separators and with resolved occurrences of . and .. components. For instance, /usr/local//../bin/ becomes /usr/bin.

completeBaseName

FileInfo.completeBaseName(filePath: string): string

Returns the file name of filePath up to (but not including) the last '.' character.

completeSuffix

FileInfo.completeSuffix(filePath: string): string

Returns the file suffix of filePath from (but not including) the last '.' character.

This function was introduced in version 1.12.

fileName

FileInfo.fileName(filePath: string): string

Returns the last component of filePath, that is, everything after the last '/' character.

fromNativeSeparators

FileInfo.fromNativeSeparators(filePath: string): string

On Windows hosts, this function behaves the same as fromWindowsSeparators. On other operating systems, it returns the input unmodified.

fromWindowsSeparators

FileInfo.fromWindowsSeparators(filePath: string): string

Returns filePath with all '\' characters replaced by '/'.

isAbsolutePath

FileInfo.isAbsolutePath(filePath: string, hostOS?: string[]): boolean

Returns true if filePath is an absolute path and false if it is a relative one. If hostOS is specified, treats filePath as a file path of the kind found on that platform. This parameter defaults to the host OS on which Qbs is running and should normally be omitted.

joinPaths

FileInfo.joinPaths(...paths: string[]): string

Concatenates the given paths using the '/' character.

path

FileInfo.path(filePath: string, hostOS?: string[]): string

Returns the part of filePath that is not the file name, that is, everything up to (but not including) the last '/' character. If filePath is just a file name, then '.' is returned. If filePath ends with a '/' character, then the file name is assumed to be empty for the purpose of the above definition. If hostOS is specified, treats filePath as a file path of the kind found on that platform. This parameter defaults to the host OS on which Qbs is running and should normally be omitted.

relativePath

FileInfo.relativePath(dirPath: string, filePath: string): string

Returns a relative path so that joining dirPath and the returned path results in filePath. If necessary, '..' components are inserted. The function assumes dirPath and filePath to be absolute paths and dirPath to be a directory.

suffix

FileInfo.suffix(filePath: string): string

Returns the file suffix of filePath from (but not including) the first '.' character.

This function was introduced in version 1.12.

toNativeSeparators

FileInfo.toNativeSeparators(filePath: string): string

On Windows hosts, this function behaves the same as toWindowsSeparators. On other operating systems, it returns the input unmodified.

toWindowsSeparators

FileInfo.toWindowsSeparators(filePath: string): string

Returns filePath with all '/' characters replaced by '\'.

pathListSeparator

FileInfo.pathListSeparator(): string

Returns the host operating system separator for a path list that is used in environment variables or other contexts.

This function was introduced in version 1.22.

pathSeparator

FileInfo.pathSeparator(): string

Returns the host operating system path separator.

This function was introduced in version 1.22.

executableSuffix

FileInfo.executableSuffix(): string

Returns the host operating system executable suffix.

This function was introduced in version 1.23.