"Peter Ritchie" wrote:

> Yep, "Fonts" and "fonts" are the same in Windows... But, it wouldn't be to
> hard to code a method to do this. Yanking the FindFirstFile prototypes and
> structures from some of Stephen Toub's articles [1][2] and throwing together
> a loop:
> /// <summary>
> /// Get the actual path case-correct for <paramref name="path"/>
> /// </summary>
> /// <author>Peter Ritchie</author>
> /// <param name="path"></param>
> /// <returns>Actual Path</returns>
> /// <exception cref="T:System.Security.SecurityException">The caller does
> not have the required permissions. </exception>
> /// <exception cref="T:System.ArgumentNullException">path is null.
> </exception>
> /// <exception cref="T:System.ArgumentException">path is a zero-length
> string, contains only white space, or contains one or more invalid characters
> as defined by <see cref="F:Path.InvalidPathChars"></see>, or contains a
> wildcard character.-or- The system could not retrieve the absolute path.
> </exception>
> /// <exception cref="T:System.NotSupportedException">path contains a colon
> (":"). </exception>
> /// <exception cref="T:PathTooLongException">The specified path, file name,
> or both exceed the system-defined maximum length. For example, on
> Windows-based platforms, paths must be less than 248 characters, and file
> names must be less than 260 characters. </exception>
> /// <exception cref="T:System.ArgumentException">The path parameter contains
> invalid characters, is empty, or contains only white spaces, or contains a
> wildcard character. </exception>
> /// <using>
> /// using System.IO;
> /// using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;
> /// using System.Security.Permissions;
> /// using System.Runtime.ConstrainedExecution;
> /// </using>
> static String GetPathActual ( String path )
> {
> String result = "";
> path = Path.GetFullPath(path);
> Win32Native.WIN32_FIND_DATA findData = new Win32Native.WIN32_FIND_DATA();
> if (File.Exists(path))
> {
> Win32Native.FindFirstFile(path, findData);
> result = findData.fileName;
> path = Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
> }
> DirectoryInfo directoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(path);
> while(Directory.Exists(path) && directoryInfo.Root.Name != path)
> {
> Win32Native.FindFirstFile(path, findData);
> result = findData.fileName + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + result;
> System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(path);
> path = Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
> directoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo(path);
> }
> return path + result;
> }
>
> internal sealed class SafeFindHandle : SafeHandleZeroOrMinusOneIsInvalid
> {
> [SecurityPermission(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, UnmanagedCode = true)]
> private SafeFindHandle ( ) : base(true)
> {
> }
>
> protected override bool ReleaseHandle ( )
> {
> return FindClose(this.handle);
> }
>
> [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
> [ReliabilityContract(Consistency.WillNotCorruptState, Cer.Success)]
> private static extern bool FindClose ( IntPtr handle );
> }
>
> [System.Security.SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity]
> internal static class Win32Native
> {
> [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
> public class WIN32_FIND_DATA
> {
> public int fileAttributes = 0;
> // creationTime was an embedded FILETIME structure.
> public int creationTime_lowDateTime = 0;
> public int creationTime_highDateTime = 0;
> // lastAccessTime was an embedded FILETIME structure.
> public int lastAccessTime_lowDateTime = 0;
> public int lastAccessTime_highDateTime = 0;
> // lastWriteTime was an embedded FILETIME structure.
> public int lastWriteTime_lowDateTime = 0;
> public int lastWriteTime_highDateTime = 0;
> public int nFileSizeHigh = 0;
> public int nFileSizeLow = 0;
> public int dwReserved0 = 0;
> public int dwReserved1 = 0;
> [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 256)]
> public String fileName = null;
> [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 14)]
> public String alternateFileName = null;
> }
> [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
> internal static extern SafeFindHandle FindFirstFile ( string lpFileName,
> [In, Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)]
> WIN32_FIND_DATA lpFindFileData );
> }
>
>
> [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/12/NETMatters
> [2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/10/Reliability
>
> --
> http://www.peterRitchie.com/
>
>
> "David Thielen" wrote:
>
> > That's what I was afraid of. Java has this but probably because in the unix
> > world Fonts and fonts are different directories.
> >
> > --
> > thanks - dave
> > david_at_windward_dot_net
> > http://www.windwardreports.com
> >
> >
> >
> > "Peter Ritchie" wrote:
> >
> > > I wouldn't consider that canonical... Short of recursively calling Platform
> > > SDK FindFirstFile on each directory part, I don't think a single function or
> > > method exists to get the "actual" file/path matching case.
> > >
> > > --
> > > http://www.peterRitchie.com/
> > >
> > >
> > > "David Thielen" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I tried that and got back fonts instead of Fonts.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > thanks - dave
> > > > david_at_windward_dot_net
> > > > http://www.windwardreports.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Peter Ritchie" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Path.GetFullPath(text) works for me.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > http://www.peterRitchie.com/
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "David Thielen" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi;
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How can I get the canonical version of a filename. For example, if I pass in
> > > > > > c:/windows/fonts I get back C:\\WINDOWS\\Fonts (how it is on my system).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > thanks - dave
> > > > > > david_at_windward_dot_net
> > > > > > http://www.windwardreports.com