NSSystemDirectories.h   [plain text]

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/*
 This API returns the various standard system directories where apps, resources, etc get installed.
 Because queries can return multiple directories, the API is in the form of an enumeration.
 The directories are returned in search path order; that is, the first place to look is returned first.
 This API may return directories that do not exist yet.
 If NSUserDomain is included in a query, then the results will contain "~" to refer to the user's directory.
 NEXT_ROOT is prepended as necessary to the returned values.
 Some calls might return no directories!
 The buffer that is passed in will be filled with a null-terminated string, possibly containing as many as PATH_MAX-1 characters.

 Typical usage:
 
    #include <limits.h>
    #include <NSSystemDirectories.h>

    char path[PATH_MAX];
    NSSearchPathEnumerationState state = NSStartSearchPathEnumeration(dir, domainMask);
    while (state = NSGetNextSearchPathEnumeration(state, path)) {
        // Handle path
    }


*/

#ifndef __NS_SYSTEM_DIRECTORIES_H__
#define __NS_SYSTEM_DIRECTORIES_H__

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

// Directories

typedef enum {
    NSApplicationDirectory = 1,             // supported applications (Applications)
    NSDemoApplicationDirectory = 2,         // unsupported applications, demonstration versions (Applications/GrabBag)
    NSDeveloperApplicationDirectory = 3,    // developer applications (Developer/Applications)
    NSAdminApplicationDirectory = 4,        // system and network administration applications (Applications/Utilities)
    NSLibraryDirectory = 5,                 // various user-visible documentation, support, and configuration files, resources (Library)
    NSDeveloperDirectory = 6,               // developer resources (Developer)
    NSUserDirectory = 7,                    // user home directories (Users)
    NSDocumentationDirectory = 8,           // documentation (Library/Documentation)
    NSDocumentDirectory = 9,                // documents (Documents)
    NSCoreServiceDirectory = 10,            // location of core services (System/Library/CoreServices)
    NSAutosavedInformationDirectory = 11,   // location of user's directory for use with autosaving (~/Documents/Autosaved)
    NSDesktopDirectory = 12,                // location of user's Desktop (Desktop)
    NSCachesDirectory = 13,                 // location of discardable cache files (Library/Caches)
    NSApplicationSupportDirectory = 14,     // location of application support files (plug-ins, etc) (Library/Application Support)
    NSDownloadsDirectory = 15,              // location of user's Downloads directory (Downloads)
    NSInputMethodsDirectory = 16,           // input methods (Library/Input Methods)
    NSMoviesDirectory = 17,                 // location of user's Movies directory (~/Movies)
    NSMusicDirectory = 18,                  // location of user's Music directory (~/Music)
    NSPicturesDirectory = 19,               // location of user's Pictures directory (~/Pictures)
    NSPrinterDescriptionDirectory = 20,     // location of system's PPDs directory (Library/Printers/PPDs)
    NSSharedPublicDirectory = 21,           // location of user's Public sharing directory (~/Public)
    NSPreferencePanesDirectory = 22,        // location of the PreferencePanes directory for use with System Preferences (Library/PreferencePanes)
    NSAllApplicationsDirectory = 100,       // all directories where applications can occur (Applications, Applications/Utilities, Developer/Applications, ...)
    NSAllLibrariesDirectory = 101           // all directories where resources can occur (Library, Developer)
} NSSearchPathDirectory;

// Domains

typedef enum {
   NSUserDomainMask = 1,	// user's home directory --- place to install user's personal items (~)
   NSLocalDomainMask = 2,	// local to the current machine --- place to install items available to everyone on this machine
   NSNetworkDomainMask = 4, 	// publically available location in the local area network --- place to install items available on the network (/Network)
   NSSystemDomainMask = 8,	// provided by Apple
   NSAllDomainsMask = 0x0ffff	// all domains: all of the above and more, future items
} NSSearchPathDomainMask;

typedef unsigned int NSSearchPathEnumerationState;

/* Enumeration
 Call NSStartSearchPathEnumeration() once, then call NSGetNextSearchPathEnumeration() one or more times with the returned state.
 The return value of NSGetNextSearchPathEnumeration() should be used as the state next time around.
 When NSGetNextSearchPathEnumeration() returns 0, you're done.
*/

extern NSSearchPathEnumerationState NSStartSearchPathEnumeration(NSSearchPathDirectory dir, NSSearchPathDomainMask domainMask);

extern NSSearchPathEnumerationState NSGetNextSearchPathEnumeration(NSSearchPathEnumerationState state, char *path);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* __NS_SYSTEM_DIRECTORIES_H__ */