[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2 2/2] avformat/utils: simplify the ff_mkdir_p with SEPARATOR

[Hendrik Leppkes]

On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 3:16 AM Limin Wang <lance.lmwang at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Dec 01, 2019 at 05:33:16PM +0100, Hendrik Leppkes wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 3:08 PM <lance.lmwang at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Limin Wang <lance.lmwang at gmail.com>
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Limin Wang <lance.lmwang at gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >  libavformat/utils.c | 16 ++++++++++------
> > >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
> > > index 579e6d6..993e6d2 100644
> > > --- a/libavformat/utils.c
> > > +++ b/libavformat/utils.c
> > > @@ -4843,12 +4843,17 @@ void av_url_split(char *proto, int proto_size,
> > >      }
> > >  }
> > >
> > > +#if HAVE_DOS_PATHS
> > > +#define SEPARATOR '\\'
> > > +#else
> > > +#define SEPARATOR '/'
> > > +#endif
> > > +
> > >  int ff_mkdir_p(const char *path)
> > >  {
> > >      int ret = 0;
> > >      char *temp = av_strdup(path);
> > >      char *pos = temp;
> > > -    char tmp_ch = '\0';
> > >
> > >      if (!path || !temp) {
> > >          return -1;
> > > @@ -4856,19 +4861,18 @@ int ff_mkdir_p(const char *path)
> > >
> > >      if (*temp == '.')
> > >          pos++;
> > > -    if (*temp == '/' || *temp == '\\')
> > > +    if (*temp == SEPARATOR)
> > >          pos++;
> > >
> > >      for ( ; *pos != '\0'; ++pos) {
> > > -        if (*pos == '/' || *pos == '\\') {
> > > -            tmp_ch = *pos;
> > > +        if (*pos == SEPARATOR) {
> > >              *pos = '\0';
> > >              ret = mkdir(temp, 0755);
> > > -            *pos = tmp_ch;
> > > +            *pos = SEPARATOR;
> > >          }
> > >      }
> > >
> > > -    if ((*(pos - 1) != '/') || (*(pos - 1) != '\\')) {
> > > +    if (*(pos - 1) != SEPARATOR) {
> > >          ret = mkdir(temp, 0755);
> > >      }
> >
> > I think there is some value to be able to specify a path with both
> > kinds of slashes. For example, most of everything else on Windows will
> > accept normal slashes, in addition to the default backslash.
> Hendrik, I haven't got your point yet, can you make it clear so that I
> can change the patch for your case.
>
> For example, on Linux, if the path is:
>  ~/Movies/hl\\s/vs%v/manifest.m3u8
>
> The current code will mkdir below path:
> path: /Users
> path: /Users/lmwang
> path: /Users/lmwang/Movies
> path: /Users/lmwang/Movies/hl   >>> unexpected
> path: /Users/lmwang/Movies/hl\s
> path: /Users/lmwang/Movies/hl\s/vs0
>
> You can see /Users/lmwang/Movies/hl directory isn't expected directory which is created.
>
> After applied the patch, it'll not create it anymore.
>

But if I'm on Windows and I specify a path with normal slashes (where
SEPARATOR  is backslash), I would absolutely expect it to create it
like that. Which it does right now.

- Hendrik