[igrnoe this]an idea about file handling on Linux(case and/)

[natirips]

I've noticed how "Sort out the remaining path problems on Linux (case and "/" "" problems for resources files) " is under suggested_tasks in the wiki and I had an idea this morning.

Btw, sorry that I'm not on good terms with C++. I use only C.

Anyway, if you were to

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popen("find /path/to/Morrowind/Data\ Files","r");

you will get the full list of all files in all sub-directories of Data Files. Read each line into a string, and assign another (lowercase or uppercase) string to it that resembles the Windows-equivalent filename.

You can even popen("find ...","r") it through multiple directories and append/overwrite files to the list. This way you could easily implement support for keeping mods/saves in user's home folder in Linux.

You would, however, need to implement a way of getting a list of all the files in a .bsa archive.

IMO best use something along these lines:

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enum filetype{
  bsa, datafile, save, whatever
};
struct filename{
  char *physical, *logical;
  enum filetype type;
  uint64 offset;
};

Here physical would be "./Music/Special/MW_Triumph.mp3", logical would be "./music/special/mw_triumph.mp3" and type would be datafile.

Another example would be: physical="./Morrowind.bsa/Meshes/whatEVER", logical="./meshes/whatever", type=bsa, offset=12345.

I'm not sure how .bsa works exactly, but I hope you the idea.

[psi29a]

Boost should handle all filename handling regardless of platform, if I'm not mistaken.

I've not encountered any path problems in Linux.

The wiki is also outdated in terms of 'tasks', it is probably better to have a look at the bug tracker:
http://bugs.openmw.org/projects/openmw/roadmap

[natirips]

Ah, sorry to the bothered any readers then.

[psi29a]

Ah, sorry to the bothered any readers then.

Not at all! Thanks for the input.

Zini, can we get a confirmation?

[Zini]

This problem has been addressed a long time ago. The wiki pages linked from the Older Documentation page and most of the orphaned pages are hopelessly outdated (beyond the point where updating them still would make sense). If someone with wiki skills has time for it, these pages should be marked with a banner-type "This page is outdated" template.