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diff --git a/m4/ax_normalize_path.m4 b/m4/ax_normalize_path.m4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e8f9973e35 --- /dev/null +++ b/m4/ax_normalize_path.m4 @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ +# =========================================================================== +# http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_normalize_path.html +# =========================================================================== +# +# SYNOPSIS +# +# AX_NORMALIZE_PATH(VARNAME, [REFERENCE_STRING]) +# +# DESCRIPTION +# +# Perform some cleanups on the value of $VARNAME (interpreted as a path): +# +# - empty paths are changed to '.' +# - trailing slashes are removed +# - repeated slashes are squeezed except a leading doubled slash '//' +# (which might indicate a networked disk on some OS). +# +# REFERENCE_STRING is used to turn '/' into '\' and vice-versa: if +# REFERENCE_STRING contains some backslashes, all slashes and backslashes +# are turned into backslashes, otherwise they are all turned into slashes. +# +# This makes processing of DOS filenames quite easier, because you can +# turn a filename to the Unix notation, make your processing, and turn it +# back to original notation. +# +# filename='A:\FOO\\BAR\' +# old_filename="$filename" +# # Switch to the unix notation +# AX_NORMALIZE_PATH([filename], ["/"]) +# # now we have $filename = 'A:/FOO/BAR' and we can process it as if +# # it was a Unix path. For instance let's say that you want +# # to append '/subpath': +# filename="$filename/subpath" +# # finally switch back to the original notation +# AX_NORMALIZE_PATH([filename], ["$old_filename"]) +# # now $filename equals to 'A:\FOO\BAR\subpath' +# +# One good reason to make all path processing with the unix convention is +# that backslashes have a special meaning in many cases. For instance +# +# expr 'A:\FOO' : 'A:\Foo' +# +# will return 0 because the second argument is a regex in which +# backslashes have to be backslashed. In other words, to have the two +# strings to match you should write this instead: +# +# expr 'A:\Foo' : 'A:\\Foo' +# +# Such behavior makes DOS filenames extremely unpleasant to work with. So +# temporary turn your paths to the Unix notation, and revert them to the +# original notation after the processing. See the macro +# AX_COMPUTE_RELATIVE_PATHS for a concrete example of this. +# +# REFERENCE_STRING defaults to $VARIABLE, this means that slashes will be +# converted to backslashes if $VARIABLE already contains some backslashes +# (see $thirddir below). +# +# firstdir='/usr/local//share' +# seconddir='C:\Program Files\\' +# thirddir='C:\home/usr/' +# AX_NORMALIZE_PATH([firstdir]) +# AX_NORMALIZE_PATH([seconddir]) +# AX_NORMALIZE_PATH([thirddir]) +# # $firstdir = '/usr/local/share' +# # $seconddir = 'C:\Program Files' +# # $thirddir = 'C:\home\usr' +# +# LICENSE +# +# Copyright (c) 2008 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org> +# +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the +# Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your +# option) any later version. +# +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but +# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General +# Public License for more details. +# +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along +# with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +# +# As a special exception, the respective Autoconf Macro's copyright owner +# gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify the configure +# scripts that are the output of Autoconf when processing the Macro. You +# need not follow the terms of the GNU General Public License when using +# or distributing such scripts, even though portions of the text of the +# Macro appear in them. The GNU General Public License (GPL) does govern +# all other use of the material that constitutes the Autoconf Macro. +# +# This special exception to the GPL applies to versions of the Autoconf +# Macro released by the Autoconf Archive. When you make and distribute a +# modified version of the Autoconf Macro, you may extend this special +# exception to the GPL to apply to your modified version as well. + +#serial 5 + +AU_ALIAS([ADL_NORMALIZE_PATH], [AX_NORMALIZE_PATH]) +AC_DEFUN([AX_NORMALIZE_PATH], +[case ":[$]$1:" in +# change empty paths to '.' + ::) $1='.' ;; +# strip trailing slashes + :*[[\\/]]:) $1=`echo "[$]$1" | sed 's,[[\\/]]*[$],,'` ;; + :*:) ;; +esac +# squeze repeated slashes +case ifelse($2,,"[$]$1",$2) in +# if the path contains any backslashes, turn slashes into backslashes + *\\*) $1=`echo "[$]$1" | sed 's,\(.\)[[\\/]][[\\/]]*,\1\\\\,g'` ;; +# if the path contains slashes, also turn backslashes into slashes + *) $1=`echo "[$]$1" | sed 's,\(.\)[[\\/]][[\\/]]*,\1/,g'` ;; +esac]) |