make_absolute_filename (3) Linux Manual Page

make_absolute_filename – Makes an absolute filename from a path and relative filename. Allegro game programming library.

Synopsis

#include <allegro.h>

char *make_absolute_filename(char *dest, const char *path, const char *filename, int size);

Description

Makes an absolute filename from an absolute path and a relative filename, storing at most `size’ bytes into the `dest’ buffer. This is like calling replace_filename() and then canonicalize_filename(). Example:

 char buf[256];

 …

 make_absolute_filename(buf, "/usr/games/",

 "../temp.txt", sizeof(buf));

 /* This would create /usr/temp.txt */

Return Value

Returns a copy of the `dest’ parameter.

See Also

make_relative_filename(3), is_relative_filename(3), replace_filename(3), canonicalize_filename(3)