Function

Idepath_expand

Declaration

gchar*
ide_path_expand (
  const gchar* path
)

Description

This function will expand various “shell-like” features of the provided path using the POSIX wordexp(3) function. Command substitution will not be enabled, but path features such as ~user will be expanded.

Parameters

path

Type: const gchar*

No description available.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

Return value

Type: gchar*

A newly allocated string containing the expansion. A copy of the input string upon failure to expand.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.