/**
   \file
   Utility functions for handling file names

   \author Lukas Nellen
   \version $Id: FileName.h 14717 2009-09-17 20:24:36Z lukas $
   \date 31 Jan 2004
*/

#ifndef _utl_FileName_h_
#define _utl_FileName_h_

static const char CVSId_utl_FileName[] = 
"$Id: FileName.h 14717 2009-09-17 20:24:36Z lukas $";

#include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
#include <string>

namespace utl {

  /// Compute the full path, but strip the extension from the leaf
  boost::filesystem::path BareFilePath(const boost::filesystem::path& thePath);

  /// Compute the leaf and strip the extension
  std::string BareFileName(const boost::filesystem::path& thePath);

  /// Return the extension of the path
  std::string FileExtension(const boost::filesystem::path& thePath);

  /// Add string (e.g. an extension) to a path 
  boost::filesystem::path operator+(const boost::filesystem::path& thePath,
				    const std::string& extra);

} // utl


#endif // _utl_FileName_h_

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