updates lurching towards functionality

[feisty_meow.git] / nucleus / library / configuration / application_configuration.cpp

diff --git a/nucleus/library/configuration/application_configuration.cpp b/nucleus/library/configuration/application_configuration.cpp
index af502e780c402b042a5aaf19eff9be2f472cdf17..c8cc179fb67048e38f0fb749f4e9df1ff45d91eb 100644 (file)
--- a/nucleus/library/configuration/application_configuration.cpp
+++ b/nucleus/library/configuration/application_configuration.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ astring application_configuration::application_name()
   to_return = get_cmdline_from_proc();
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
   flexichar low_buff[MAX_ABS_PATH + 1];
-  GetModuleFileName(NIL, low_buff, MAX_ABS_PATH - 1);
+  GetModuleFileName(NULL_POINTER, low_buff, MAX_ABS_PATH - 1);
   astring buff = from_unicode_temp(low_buff);
   buff.to_lower();  // we lower-case the name since windows seems to UC it.
   to_return = buff;
@@ -290,6 +290,47 @@ const astring &application_configuration::GLOBAL_SECTION_NAME() { STATIC_STRING(
 
 const astring &application_configuration::LOGGING_FOLDER_NAME() { STATIC_STRING("LogPath"); }
 
+const astring &application_configuration::WINDOZE_VIRTUAL_ROOT_NAME()
+{ STATIC_STRING("VirtualUnixRoot"); }
+
+const astring &application_configuration::DEFAULT_VIRTUAL_UNIX_ROOT()
+{ STATIC_STRING("c:/cygwin"); }
+
+//////////////
+
+// static storage for virtual unix root, if used.
+SAFE_STATIC(astring, static_root_holder, )
+
+//  we don't expect it to change during runtime, right?  that would be fubar.
+astring application_configuration::get_virtual_unix_root()
+{
+#ifdef __UNIX__
+  // simple implementation for unix/linux; just tell the truth about the real root.
+  return "/";
+#endif
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+  // see if we already cached the root.  it shouldn't change during runtime.
+  if (static_root_holder().length()) {
+    return static_root_holder();
+  }
+
+  /*
+   read the path out of the config file, which should have been set during the
+   build process if this is really windows.
+  */
+  astring virtual_root = read_item(WINDOZE_VIRTUAL_ROOT_NAME());
+  if (!virtual_root) {
+    // if it has no length, we didn't get our setting!  we'll limp along with a guess.
+    // also don't cache the failure value.  maybe it will wake up later!
+    return DEFAULT_VIRTUAL_UNIX_ROOT();
+  } else {
+    static_root_holder() = virtual_root;
+    return static_root_holder();
+  }
+
+#endif
+}
+
 //////////////
 
 ////const int MAX_LOG_PATH = 512;