make_absolute_filename(3)

🌸 NAME 🌸

make_absolute_filename — makes an absolute filename from a path and a relative filename. From the Allegro manual, and yes bestie, it's part of the Allegro game programming library. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro.h>

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

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Okay so make_absolute_filename() takes an absolute path and a relative filename, then builds an absolute filename and stores at most size bytes into the dest buffer. No cap. 🫶

It's literally like calling replace_filename() and then canonicalize_filename() — that's the whole vibe. 💅

Example, because we love a demo:

char buf[256];
...
make_absolute_filename(buf, "/usr/games/",
                       "../temp.txt", sizeof(buf));
/* This would create /usr/temp.txt */

This would create /usr/temp.txt — iconic path glow-up. 🌈

💜 RETURN VALUE 💜

Returns a copy of the dest parameter. That's it, that's the tea. ☕

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• make_relative_filename(3)
• is_relative_filename(3)
• replace_filename(3)
• canonicalize_filename(3)

Allegro version 4.4.3, page make_absolute_filename(3) — mwah, that's the footer, bestie. 💖✨🎀