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+{
+    $Id$
+    Copyright (C) 1993-98 by Florian Klaempfl
+
+    This unit implements some support functions and global variables
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+ ****************************************************************************
+}
+
+{$ifdef tp}
+  {$E+,N+}
+{$endif}
+
+unit globals;
+
+  interface
+
+    uses
+{$ifdef TP}
+      objects,
+{$endif}
+{$ifdef linux}
+      linux,
+{$endif}
+      strings,dos,
+      globtype,version,tokens,systems,cobjects;
+
+    const
+{$ifdef linux}
+       DirSep = '/';
+{$else}
+  {$ifdef amiga}
+       DirSep = '/';
+  {$else}
+       DirSep = '\';
+  {$endif}
+{$endif}
+
+{$ifdef Splitheap}
+       testsplit : boolean = false;
+{$endif Splitheap}
+
+       delphimodeswitches : tmodeswitches=
+         [m_delphi,m_tp,m_all,m_class,m_objpas,m_result,m_string_pchar,
+          m_pointer_2_procedure,m_autoderef];
+       fpcmodeswitches    : tmodeswitches=
+         [m_fpc,m_all,m_class,m_string_pchar,m_nested_comment,m_repeat_forward,
+          m_cvar_support];
+       objfpcmodeswitches : tmodeswitches=
+         [m_fpc,m_all,m_objpas,m_class,m_result,m_string_pchar,m_nested_comment,
+          m_repeat_forward,m_cvar_support];
+       tpmodeswitches     : tmodeswitches=
+         [m_tp,m_all,m_tp_procvar];
+       gpcmodeswitches    : tmodeswitches=
+         [m_gpc,m_all];
+
+    var
+       { specified inputfile }
+       inputdir       : dirstr;
+       inputfile      : namestr;
+       inputextension : extstr;
+       { specified outputfile with -o parameter }
+       outputfile     : namestr;
+       { specified with -FE or -FU }
+       outputexedir   : dirstr;
+       outputunitdir  : dirstr;
+
+       { directory where the utils can be found (options -FD) }
+       utilsdirectory : dirstr;
+
+       { some flags for global compiler switches }
+       do_build,
+       do_make       : boolean;
+       not_unit_proc : boolean;
+       { path for searching units, different paths can be seperated by ; }
+       exepath            : dirstr;  { Path to ppc }
+       unitsearchpath,
+       objectsearchpath,
+       includesearchpath  : string;
+
+       { deffile }
+       usewindowapi  : boolean;
+       description   : string;
+
+       { current position }
+       token,                        { current token being parsed }
+       idtoken    : ttoken;          { holds the token if the pattern is a known word }
+       tokenpos,                     { last postion of the read token }
+       aktfilepos : tfileposinfo;    { current position }
+
+       { type of currently parsed block }
+       { isn't full implemented (FK)    }
+       block_type : tblock_type;
+
+       in_args : boolean;                { arguments must be checked especially }
+       parsing_para_level : longint;     { parameter level, used to convert
+                                             proc calls to proc loads in firstcalln }
+       Must_be_valid : boolean;          { should the variable already have a value }
+       compile_level : word;
+       make_ref : boolean;
+       use_esp_stackframe : boolean;     { to test for call with ESP as stack frame }
+
+{$ifdef TP}
+       use_big      : boolean;
+{$endif}
+
+     { commandline values }
+       initdefines        : tlinkedlist;
+       initglobalswitches : tglobalswitches;
+       initmoduleswitches : tmoduleswitches;
+       initlocalswitches  : tlocalswitches;
+       initmodeswitches   : tmodeswitches;
+       initpackenum,
+       initpackrecords    : longint;
+       initoutputformat   : tasm;
+       initoptprocessor   : tprocessors;
+       initasmmode        : tasmmode;
+     { current state values }
+       aktglobalswitches : tglobalswitches;
+       aktmoduleswitches : tmoduleswitches;
+       aktlocalswitches  : tlocalswitches;
+       aktmodeswitches   : tmodeswitches;
+       aktpackenum,
+       aktpackrecords    : longint;
+       aktoutputformat   : tasm;
+       aktoptprocessor   : tprocessors;
+       aktasmmode        : tasmmode;
+
+     { Memory sizes }
+       heapsize,
+       maxheapsize,
+       stacksize    : longint;
+
+{$Ifdef EXTDEBUG}
+       total_of_firstpass,
+       firstpass_several : longint;
+{$EndIf EXTDEBUG}
+     { parameter switches }
+{$Ifdef EXTDEBUG}
+       debugstop,
+       only_one_pass : boolean;
+{$EndIf EXTDEBUG}
+       { windows application type }
+       apptype : tapptype;
+
+    const
+       RelocSection : boolean = false;
+       DLLsource : boolean = false;
+       { no binding needed for win32
+         .edata written directly !! PM }
+       bind_win32_dll : boolean = false;
+
+       { should we allow non static members ? }
+       allow_only_static : boolean = false;
+
+       Inside_asm_statement : boolean = false;
+
+    { for error info in pp.pas }
+    const
+       parser_current_file : string = '';
+
+    function getspeedvalue(const s : string) : longint;
+
+{$ifdef debug}
+    { if the pointer don't point to the heap then write an error }
+    function assigned(p : pointer) : boolean;
+{$endif}
+    function min(a,b : longint) : longint;
+    function max(a,b : longint) : longint;
+    function align(i,a:longint):longint;
+    procedure Replace(var s:string;const s1,s2:string);
+    function upper(const s : string) : string;
+    function lower(const s : string) : string;
+    function trimspace(const s:string):string;
+    procedure uppervar(var s : string);
+    function tostr(i : longint) : string;
+    function tostr_with_plus(i : longint) : string;
+    procedure valint(S : string;var V : longint;var code : integer);
+    function is_number(const s : string) : boolean;
+    function ispowerof2(value : longint;var power : longint) : boolean;
+    { enable ansistring comparison }
+    function compareansistrings(p1,p2 : pchar;length1,length2 : longint) : longint;
+    function concatansistrings(p1,p2 : pchar;length1,length2 : longint) : pchar;
+    function bstoslash(const s : string) : string;
+    procedure abstract;
+
+    function getdatestr:string;
+    function gettimestr:string;
+    function filetimestring( t : longint) : string;
+
+    function path_absolute(const s : string) : boolean;
+    Function FileExists ( Const F : String) : Boolean;
+    Function RemoveFile(const f:string):boolean;
+    Function RemoveDir(d:string):boolean;
+    Function GetFileTime ( Var F : File) : Longint;
+    Function GetNamedFileTime ( Const F : String) : Longint;
+    Function SplitFileName(const s:string):string;
+    Function SplitName(const s:string):string;
+    Function SplitExtension(Const HStr:String):String;
+    Function AddExtension(Const HStr,ext:String):String;
+    Function ForceExtension(Const HStr,ext:String):String;
+    Function FixPath(s:string;allowdot:boolean):string;
+    function FixFileName(const s:string):string;
+    procedure AddPathToList(var list:string;s:string;first:boolean);
+    function search(const f : string;path : string;var b : boolean) : string;
+    procedure SynchronizeFileTime(const fn1,fn2:string);
+    function FindExe(bin:string;var found:boolean):string;
+
+   procedure InitGlobals;
+   procedure DoneGlobals;
+
+  implementation
+
+{$ifdef FPC}
+    function getspeedvalue(const s : string) : longint;
+      var
+        p1,p2:^byte;
+      begin
+        p1:=@s;
+        longint(p2):=longint(p1)+p1^+1;
+        inc(longint(p1));
+        getspeedvalue:=0;
+        while p1<>p2 do
+         begin
+           inc(getspeedvalue,p1^);
+           inc(longint(p1));
+         end;
+      end;
+{$else}
+    function getspeedvalue(const s : string) : longint;
+      type
+        ptrrec=record
+          ofs,seg:word;
+        end;
+      var
+        l,w   : longint;
+        p1,p2 : ^byte;
+      begin
+        p1:=@s;
+        ptrrec(p2).seg:=ptrrec(p1).seg;
+        ptrrec(p2).ofs:=ptrrec(p1).ofs+p1^+1;
+        inc(p1);
+        l:=0;
+        while p1<>p2 do
+         begin
+           l:=l+p1^;
+           inc(p1);
+         end;
+        getspeedvalue:=l;
+      end;
+{$endif}
+
+
+    function ngraphsearchvalue(const s1,s2 : string) : double;
+      const
+         n = 3;
+      var
+         equals,i,j : longint;
+         hs : string;
+      begin
+         equals:=0;
+         { is the string long enough ? }
+         if min(length(s1),length(s2))-n+1<1 then
+           begin
+              ngraphsearchvalue:=0.0;
+              exit;
+           end;
+         for i:=1 to length(s1)-n+1 do
+           begin
+              hs:=copy(s1,i,n);
+              for j:=1 to length(s2)-n+1 do
+                if hs=copy(s2,j,n) then
+                  inc(equals);
+           end;
+{$ifdef fpc}
+         ngraphsearchvalue:=equals/double(max(length(s1),length(s2))-n+1);
+{$else}
+         ngraphsearchvalue:=equals/(max(length(s1),length(s2))-n+1);
+{$endif}
+      end;
+
+
+    function bstoslash(const s : string) : string;
+    {
+      return string s with all \ changed into /
+    }
+      var
+         i : longint;
+      begin
+        for i:=1to length(s) do
+         if s[i]='\' then
+          bstoslash[i]:='/'
+         else
+          bstoslash[i]:=s[i];
+         {$ifndef TP}
+           {$ifopt H+}
+             setlength(bstoslash,length(s));
+           {$else}
+             bstoslash[0]:=s[0];
+           {$endif}
+         {$else}
+           bstoslash[0]:=s[0];
+         {$endif}
+      end;
+
+{$ifdef debug}
+
+    function assigned(p : pointer) : boolean;
+
+      var
+         lp : longint;
+      begin
+{$ifdef FPC}
+         (* if (p<>nil) {and
+            ((p<heaporg) or
+            (p>heapptr))} then
+           runerror(230); *)
+{$else}
+    {$ifdef DPMI}
+         assigned:=(p<>nil);
+         exit;
+    {$else DPMI}
+         if p=nil then
+           lp:=0
+         else
+           lp:=longint(ptrrec(p).seg)*16+longint(ptrrec(p).ofs);
+         if (lp<>0) and
+            ((lp<longint(seg(heaporg^))*16+longint(ofs(heaporg^))) or
+            (lp>longint(seg(heapptr^))*16+longint(ofs(heapptr^)))) then
+           runerror(230);
+    {$endif DPMI}
+{$endif FPC}
+         assigned:=(p<>nil);
+      end;
+{$endif}
+
+
+    function min(a,b : longint) : longint;
+    {
+      return the minimal of a and b
+    }
+      begin
+         if a>b then
+           min:=b
+         else
+           min:=a;
+      end;
+
+
+    function max(a,b : longint) : longint;
+    {
+      return the maximum of a and b
+    }
+      begin
+         if a<b then
+           max:=b
+         else
+           max:=a;
+      end;
+
+
+    function align(i,a:longint):longint;
+    {
+      return value <i> aligned <a> boundary
+    }
+      begin
+        align:=(i+a-1) and not(a-1);
+      end;
+
+
+    procedure Replace(var s:string;const s1,s2:string);
+    {
+      replace all s1 with s2 in string s
+    }
+      var
+         i  : longint;
+      begin
+        repeat
+          i:=pos(s1,s);
+          if i>0 then
+           begin
+             Delete(s,i,length(s1));
+             Insert(s2,s,i);
+           end;
+        until i=0;
+      end;
+
+
+    function upper(const s : string) : string;
+    {
+      return uppercased string of s
+    }
+      var
+         i  : longint;
+      begin
+         for i:=1 to length(s) do
+          if s[i] in ['a'..'z'] then
+           upper[i]:=char(byte(s[i])-32)
+          else
+           upper[i]:=s[i];
+         {$ifdef FPC}
+           {$ifopt H+}
+             setlength(upper,length(s));
+           {$else}
+             upper[0]:=s[0];
+           {$endif}
+         {$else}
+           upper[0]:=s[0];
+         {$endif}
+      end;
+
+
+    function lower(const s : string) : string;
+    {
+      return lowercased string of s
+    }
+      var
+         i : longint;
+      begin
+         for i:=1 to length(s) do
+          if s[i] in ['A'..'Z'] then
+           lower[i]:=char(byte(s[i])+32)
+          else
+           lower[i]:=s[i];
+         {$ifndef TP}
+           {$ifopt H+}
+             setlength(lower,length(s));
+           {$else}
+             lower[0]:=s[0];
+           {$endif}
+         {$else}
+           lower[0]:=s[0];
+         {$endif}
+      end;
+
+
+    procedure uppervar(var s : string);
+    {
+      uppercase string s
+    }
+      var
+         i : longint;
+      begin
+         for i:=1 to length(s) do
+          if s[i] in ['a'..'z'] then
+           s[i]:=char(byte(s[i])-32);
+      end;
+
+
+   function trimspace(const s:string):string;
+   {
+     return s with all leading and ending spaces and tabs removed
+   }
+     var
+       i,j : longint;
+     begin
+       i:=length(s);
+       while (i>0) and (s[i] in [#9,' ']) do
+        dec(i);
+       j:=1;
+       while (j<i) and (s[j] in [#9,' ']) do
+        inc(j);
+       trimspace:=Copy(s,j,i-j+1);
+     end;
+
+
+   function tostr(i : longint) : string;
+   {
+     return string of value i
+   }
+     var
+        hs : string;
+     begin
+        str(i,hs);
+        tostr:=hs;
+     end;
+
+
+   function tostr_with_plus(i : longint) : string;
+   {
+     return string of value i, but always include a + when i>=0
+   }
+     var
+        hs : string;
+     begin
+        str(i,hs);
+        if i>=0 then
+          tostr_with_plus:='+'+hs
+        else
+          tostr_with_plus:=hs;
+     end;
+
+
+    procedure valint(S : string;var V : longint;var code : integer);
+    {
+      val() with support for octal, which is not supported under tp7
+    }
+{$ifndef FPC}
+      var
+        vs : longint;
+        c  : byte;
+      begin
+        if s[1]='%' then
+          begin
+             vs:=0;
+             longint(v):=0;
+             for c:=2 to length(s) do
+               begin
+                  if s[c]='0' then
+                    vs:=vs shl 1
+                  else
+                  if s[c]='1' then
+                    vs:=vs shl 1+1
+                  else
+                    begin
+                      code:=c;
+                      exit;
+                    end;
+               end;
+             code:=0;
+             longint(v):=vs;
+          end
+        else
+         system.val(S,V,code);
+      end;
+{$else not FPC}
+      begin
+         system.val(S,V,code);
+      end;
+{$endif not FPC}
+
+
+    function is_number(const s : string) : boolean;
+    {
+      is string a correct number ?
+    }
+      var
+         w : integer;
+         l : longint;
+      begin
+         valint(s,l,w);
+         is_number:=(w=0);
+      end;
+
+
+    function ispowerof2(value : longint;var power : longint) : boolean;
+    {
+      return if value is a power of 2. And if correct return the power
+    }
+      var
+         hl : longint;
+         i : longint;
+      begin
+         hl:=1;
+         ispowerof2:=true;
+         for i:=0 to 31 do
+           begin
+              if hl=value then
+                begin
+                   power:=i;
+                   exit;
+                end;
+              hl:=hl shl 1;
+           end;
+         ispowerof2:=false;
+      end;
+
+
+    { enable ansistring comparison }
+    { 0 means equal }
+    { 1 means p1 > p2 }
+    { -1 means p1 < p2 }
+    function compareansistrings(p1,p2 : pchar;length1,length2 : longint) : longint;
+
+      var
+         i,j : longint;
+      begin
+         compareansistrings:=0;
+         j:=min(length1,length2);
+         for i:=1  to j do
+           begin
+              if p1[i]>p2[i] then
+                begin
+                   compareansistrings:=1;
+                   exit;
+                end
+              else if p1[i]<p2[i] then
+                begin
+                   compareansistrings:=-1;
+                   exit;
+                end;
+           end;
+         if length1>length2 then
+          compareansistrings:=1
+         else
+          if length1<length2 then
+           compareansistrings:=-1;
+      end;
+
+
+    function concatansistrings(p1,p2 : pchar;length1,length2 : longint) : pchar;
+      var
+         p : pchar;
+      begin
+         getmem(p,length1+length2+1);
+         move(p1[0],p[0],length1);
+         move(p2[0],p[length1],length2+1);
+         concatansistrings:=p;
+      end;
+
+
+{****************************************************************************
+                               Time Handling
+****************************************************************************}
+
+    Function L0(l:longint):string;
+    {
+      return the string of value l, if l<10 then insert a zero, so
+      the string is always at least 2 chars '01','02',etc
+    }
+      var
+        s : string;
+      begin
+        Str(l,s);
+        if l<10 then
+         s:='0'+s;
+        L0:=s;
+      end;
+
+
+   function gettimestr:string;
+   {
+     get the current time in a string HH:MM:SS
+   }
+      var
+        hour,min,sec,hsec : word;
+      begin
+        dos.gettime(hour,min,sec,hsec);
+        gettimestr:=L0(Hour)+':'+L0(min)+':'+L0(sec);
+      end;
+
+
+   function getdatestr:string;
+   {
+     get the current date in a string YY/MM/DD
+   }
+      var
+        Year,Month,Day,Wday : Word;
+      begin
+        dos.getdate(year,month,day,wday);
+        getdatestr:=L0(Year)+'/'+L0(Month)+'/'+L0(Day);
+      end;
+
+
+   function  filetimestring( t : longint) : string;
+   {
+     convert dos datetime t to a string YY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS
+   }
+     var
+     {$ifndef linux}
+       DT : DateTime;
+     {$endif}
+       Year,Month,Day,Hour,Min,Sec : Word;
+     begin
+       if t=-1 then
+        begin
+          FileTimeString:='Not Found';
+          exit;
+        end;
+     {$ifndef linux}
+       unpacktime(t,DT);
+       Year:=dT.year;month:=dt.month;day:=dt.day;
+       Hour:=dt.hour;min:=dt.min;sec:=dt.sec;
+     {$else}
+       EpochToLocal (t,year,month,day,hour,min,sec);
+     {$endif}
+       filetimestring:=L0(Year)+'/'+L0(Month)+'/'+L0(Day)+' '+L0(Hour)+':'+L0(min)+':'+L0(sec);
+     end;
+
+
+{****************************************************************************
+                               File Handling
+****************************************************************************}
+
+   function path_absolute(const s : string) : boolean;
+   {
+     is path s an absolute path?
+   }
+     begin
+        path_absolute:=false;
+{$ifdef linux}
+        if (length(s)>0) and (s[1]='/') then
+          path_absolute:=true;
+{$else linux}
+  {$ifdef amiga}
+        if ((length(s)>0) and ((s[1]='\') or (s[1]='/'))) or (Pos(':',s) = length(s)) then
+          path_absolute:=true;
+  {$else}
+        if ((length(s)>0) and ((s[1]='\') or (s[1]='/'))) or
+           ((length(s)>2) and (s[2]=':') and ((s[3]='\') or (s[3]='/'))) then
+          path_absolute:=true;
+  {$endif amiga}
+{$endif linux}
+     end;
+
+{$ifndef FPC}
+    Procedure FindClose(var Info : SearchRec);
+      Begin
+      End;
+{$endif not FPC}
+
+    Function FileExists ( Const F : String) : Boolean;
+      Var
+      {$ifdef linux}
+         Info : Stat;
+      {$else}
+         Info : SearchRec;
+      {$endif}
+      begin
+      {$ifdef linux}
+        FileExists:=FStat(F,info);
+      {$else}
+        findfirst(F,readonly+archive+hidden,info);
+        FileExists:=(doserror=0);
+        findclose(Info);
+      {$endif}
+      end;
+
+
+    Function RemoveFile(const f:string):boolean;
+      var
+        g : file;
+      begin
+        assign(g,f);
+        {$I-}
+         erase(g);
+        {$I+}
+        RemoveFile:=(ioresult=0);
+      end;
+
+
+    Function RemoveDir(d:string):boolean;
+      begin
+        if d[length(d)]=DirSep then
+         Delete(d,length(d),1);
+        {$I-}
+         rmdir(d);
+        {$I+}
+        RemoveDir:=(ioresult=0);
+      end;
+
+
+    Function SplitFileName(const s:string):string;
+      var
+        p : dirstr;
+        n : namestr;
+        e : extstr;
+      begin
+        FSplit(s,p,n,e);
+        SplitFileName:=n+e;
+      end;
+
+
+    Function SplitName(const s:string):string;
+      var
+        i,j : longint;
+      begin
+        i:=Length(s);
+        j:=Length(s);
+        while (i>0) and not(s[i] in ['/','\']) do
+         dec(i);
+        while (j>0) and (s[j]<>'.') do
+         dec(j);
+        if j<=i then
+         j:=255;
+        SplitName:=Copy(s,i+1,j-(i+1));
+      end;
+
+
+    Function SplitExtension(Const HStr:String):String;
+      var
+        j : longint;
+      begin
+        j:=length(Hstr);
+        while (j>0) and (Hstr[j]<>'.') do
+         begin
+           if hstr[j]=DirSep then
+            j:=0
+           else
+            dec(j);
+         end;
+        if j=0 then
+         j:=254;
+        SplitExtension:=Copy(Hstr,j,255);
+      end;
+
+
+    Function AddExtension(Const HStr,ext:String):String;
+      begin
+        if (Ext<>'') and (SplitExtension(HStr)='') then
+         AddExtension:=Hstr+Ext
+        else
+         AddExtension:=Hstr;
+      end;
+
+
+    Function ForceExtension(Const HStr,ext:String):String;
+      var
+        j : longint;
+      begin
+        j:=length(Hstr);
+        while (j>0) and (Hstr[j]<>'.') do
+         dec(j);
+        if j=0 then
+         j:=255;
+        ForceExtension:=Copy(Hstr,1,j-1)+Ext;
+      end;
+
+
+    Function FixPath(s:string;allowdot:boolean):string;
+      var
+        i : longint;
+      begin
+        for i:=1 to length(s) do
+         if s[i] in ['/','\'] then
+          s[i]:=DirSep;
+        if (length(s)>0) and (s[length(s)]<>DirSep) and
+           (s[length(s)]<>':') then
+         s:=s+DirSep;
+        if (not allowdot) and (s='.'+DirSep) then
+         s:='';
+        FixPath:=s;
+      end;
+
+
+   function FixFileName(const s:string):string;
+     var
+       i      : longint;
+       NoPath : boolean;
+     begin
+       NoPath:=true;
+       for i:=length(s) downto 1 do
+        begin
+          case s[i] of
+      {$ifdef Linux}
+       '/','\' : begin
+                   FixFileName[i]:='/';
+                   NoPath:=false; {Skip lowercasing path: 'X11'<>'x11' }
+                 end;
+      'A'..'Z' : if NoPath then
+                  FixFileName[i]:=char(byte(s[i])+32)
+                 else
+                  FixFileName[i]:=s[i];
+      {$else}
+           '/' : FixFileName[i]:='\';
+      'A'..'Z' : FixFileName[i]:=char(byte(s[i])+32);
+      {$endif}
+          else
+           FixFileName[i]:=s[i];
+          end;
+        end;
+       {$ifndef TP}
+         {$ifopt H+}
+           SetLength(FixFileName,length(s));
+         {$else}
+           FixFileName[0]:=s[0];
+         {$endif}
+       {$else}
+         FixFileName[0]:=s[0];
+       {$endif}
+     end;
+
+
+   procedure AddPathToList(var list:string;s:string;first:boolean);
+     var
+       LastAdd,
+       starti,i,j : longint;
+       Found    : boolean;
+       CurrentDir,
+       CurrPath,
+       AddList  : string;
+     begin
+       if s='' then
+        exit;
+     {Fix List}
+       if (length(list)>0) and (list[length(list)]<>';') then
+        list:=list+';';
+       GetDir(0,CurrentDir);
+       CurrentDir:=FixPath(CurrentDir,false);
+       AddList:='';
+       LastAdd:=1;
+       repeat
+         j:=Pos(';',s);
+         if j=0 then
+          j:=255;
+       {Get Pathname}
+         CurrPath:=FixPath(Copy(s,1,j-1),false);
+         if CurrPath='' then
+          CurrPath:='.'+DirSep+';'
+         else
+          begin
+            CurrPath:=FixPath(FExpand(CurrPath),false)+';';
+            if (Copy(CurrPath,1,length(CurrentDir))=CurrentDir) then
+             CurrPath:='.'+DirSep+Copy(CurrPath,length(CurrentDir)+1,255);
+          end;
+         Delete(s,1,j);
+       {Check if already in path}
+         found:=false;
+         i:=0;
+         starti:=1;
+         while (not found) and (i<length(list)) do
+          begin
+            inc(i);
+            if (list[i]=';') then
+             begin
+               found:=(CurrPath=Copy(List,starti,i-starti+1));
+               if Found then
+                begin
+                  if First then
+                   Delete(List,Starti,i-starti+1); {The new entry is placed first}
+                end
+               else
+                starti:=i+1;
+             end;
+          end;
+         if First then
+          begin
+            Insert(CurrPath,List,LastAdd);
+            inc(LastAdd,Length(CurrPath));
+          end
+         else
+          if not Found then
+           List:=List+CurrPath
+       until (s='');
+     end;
+
+
+   function search(const f : string;path : string;var b : boolean) : string;
+      Var
+        singlepathstring : string;
+        i : longint;
+     begin
+     {$ifdef linux}
+       for i:=1 to length(path) do
+        if path[i]=':' then
+       path[i]:=';';
+     {$endif}
+       b:=false;
+       search:='';
+       repeat
+         i:=pos(';',path);
+         if i=0 then
+           i:=255;
+         singlepathstring:=FixPath(copy(path,1,i-1),false);
+         delete(path,1,i);
+         If FileExists (singlepathstring+f) then
+           begin
+             Search:=singlepathstring;
+             b:=true;
+             exit;
+           end;
+       until path='';
+     end;
+
+
+   Function GetFileTime ( Var F : File) : Longint;
+   Var
+   {$ifdef linux}
+     Info : Stat;
+   {$endif}
+     L : longint;
+   begin
+   {$ifdef linux}
+     FStat (F,Info);
+     L:=Info.Mtime;
+   {$else}
+     GetFTime(f,l);
+   {$endif}
+     GetFileTime:=L;
+   end;
+
+
+   Function GetNamedFileTime (Const F : String) : Longint;
+   var
+     L : Longint;
+   {$ifndef linux}
+     info : SearchRec;
+   {$else}
+     info : stat;
+   {$endif}
+   begin
+     l:=-1;
+   {$ifdef linux}
+     if FStat (F,Info) then
+      L:=info.mtime;
+   {$else}
+     FindFirst (F,archive+readonly+hidden,info);
+     if DosError=0 then
+      l:=info.time;
+     {$ifdef Linux}
+       FindClose(info);
+     {$endif}
+     {$ifdef Win32}
+       FindClose(info);
+     {$endif}
+   {$endif}
+     GetNamedFileTime:=l;
+   end;
+
+
+   {Touch Assembler and object time to ppu time is there is a ppufilename}
+   procedure SynchronizeFileTime(const fn1,fn2:string);
+   var
+     f : file;
+     l : longint;
+   begin
+     Assign(f,fn1);
+     {$I-}
+      reset(f,1);
+     {$I+}
+     if ioresult=0 then
+      begin
+        getftime(f,l);
+        close(f);
+        assign(f,fn2);
+        {$I-}
+         reset(f,1);
+        {$I+}
+        if ioresult=0 then
+         begin
+           setftime(f,l);
+           close(f);
+         end;
+      end;
+   end;
+
+   function FindExe(bin:string;var found:boolean):string;
+   begin
+     bin:=FixFileName(bin)+source_os.exeext;
+     FindExe:=Search(bin,'.;'+exepath+';'+dos.getenv('PATH'),found)+bin;
+   end;
+
+   procedure abstract;
+
+     begin
+        runerror(255);
+     end;
+
+ {****************************************************************************
+                                    Init
+ ****************************************************************************}
+
+   procedure get_exepath;
+     var
+       hs1 : namestr;
+       hs2 : extstr;
+     begin
+       exepath:=dos.getenv('PPC_EXEC_PATH');
+       if exepath='' then
+        fsplit(FixFileName(paramstr(0)),exepath,hs1,hs2);
+     {$ifdef linux}
+       if exepath='' then
+        fsearch(hs1,dos.getenv('PATH'));
+     {$endif}
+       exepath:=FixPath(exepath,false);
+     end;
+
+
+
+   procedure DoneGlobals;
+     begin
+        initdefines.done;
+     end;
+
+   procedure InitGlobals;
+     begin
+      { set global switches }
+        do_build:=false;
+        do_make:=true;
+{$ifdef tp}
+        use_big:=false;
+{$endif tp}
+
+      { Output }
+        OutputFile:='';
+        OutputExeDir:='';
+        OutputUnitDir:='';
+
+        { Utils directory }
+        utilsdirectory:='';
+
+      { Def file }
+        usewindowapi:=false;
+        description:='Compiled by FPC '+version_string+' - '+target_cpu_string;
+
+{$ifdef BrowserCol}
+{$define BrowserDefault}
+{$endif BrowserCol}
+{$ifdef BrowserLog}
+{$define BrowserDefault}
+{$endif BrowserLog}
+        { Init values }
+{$ifdef i386}
+        initoptprocessor:=Class386;
+        initlocalswitches:=[];
+        initmoduleswitches:=[cs_extsyntax{$ifdef BrowserDefault},cs_browser{$endif}];
+        initglobalswitches:=[cs_check_unit_name];
+        initmodeswitches:=fpcmodeswitches;
+        initpackenum:=4;
+        initpackrecords:=2;
+        initoutputformat:=target_asm.id;
+{$ifdef AG386BIN}
+        initasmmode:=asmmode_i386_att;
+{$else}
+        initasmmode:=asmmode_i386_direct;
+{$endif}
+        initdefines.init;
+{$else not i386}
+  {$ifdef m68k}
+        initoptprocessor:=MC68000;
+        initlocalswitches:=[];
+        initmoduleswitches:=[cs_extsyntax{$ifdef BrowserDefault},cs_browser{$endif},cs_fp_emulation];
+        initglobalswitches:=[cs_check_unit_name];
+        initmodeswitches:=fpcmodeswitches;
+        initpackenum:=4;
+        initpackrecords:=2;
+        initoutputformat:=as_m68k_as;
+        initasmmode:=asmmode_m68k_mot;
+        initdefines.init;
+  {$endif m68k}
+{$endif i386}
+
+      { memory sizes, will be overriden by parameter or default for target
+        in options or init_parser }
+        stacksize:=0;
+        heapsize:=0;
+        maxheapsize:=0;
+
+      { compile state }
+        in_args:=false;
+        must_be_valid:=true;
+        not_unit_proc:=true;
+
+        apptype:=at_cui;
+     end;
+
+begin
+  get_exepath;
+end.
+{
+  $Log$
+  Revision 1.1  1999-04-08 09:14:46  michael
+  + Re-added;
+
+  Revision 1.119  1999/04/07 14:15:53  pierre
+   * assigned test for FPC removed, problems with stack variables
+
+  Revision 1.118  1999/03/17 22:23:17  florian
+    * a FPC compiled compiler checks now also in debug mode in assigned
+      if a pointer points to the heap
+    * when a symtable is loaded, there is no need to check for duplicate
+      symbols. This leads to crashes because defowner isn't assigned
+      in this case
+
+  Revision 1.117  1999/03/04 13:55:42  pierre
+    * some m68k fixes (still not compilable !)
+    * new(tobj) does not give warning if tobj has no VMT !
+
+  Revision 1.116  1999/03/02 18:20:09  peter
+    * fixed compareansistring which gave always -1 or 1 and never 0 :)
+
+  Revision 1.115  1999/03/01 15:43:47  peter
+    * synchronize also the objfile for ag386bin
+
+  Revision 1.114  1999/02/25 21:02:36  peter
+    * ag386bin updates
+    + coff writer
+
+  Revision 1.113  1999/02/22 13:06:50  pierre
+    + -b and -bl options work !
+    + cs_local_browser ($L+) is disabled if cs_browser ($Y+)
+      is not enabled when quitting global section
+    * local vars and procedures are not yet stored into PPU
+
+  Revision 1.111  1999/02/11 09:46:22  pierre
+    * fix for normal method calls inside static methods :
+      WARNING there were both parser and codegen errors !!
+      added static_call boolean to calln tree
+
+  Revision 1.110  1999/01/27 13:05:42  pierre
+   * give include file name on error
+
+  Revision 1.109  1999/01/22 16:56:50  pierre
+   * findclose problem fixed
+
+  Revision 1.108  1999/01/22 10:08:19  daniel
+  * Findclose is removed for go32v1 and go32v2 platforms, because this is
+    TP incompatible. It is now only called for Linux and Win32.
+
+  Revision 1.107  1999/01/12 14:25:27  peter
+    + BrowserLog for browser.log generation
+    + BrowserCol for browser info in TCollections
+    * released all other UseBrowser
+
+  Revision 1.106  1999/01/05 08:19:57  florian
+    * mainly problem with invalid case ranges fixed (reported by Jonas)
+
+  Revision 1.105  1998/12/28 23:26:16  peter
+    + resource file handling ($R directive) for Win32
+
+  Revision 1.104  1998/12/23 22:49:42  peter
+    * forgot one conflict :(
+
+  Revision 1.103  1998/12/23 22:48:41  peter
+    * fixed findclose problem
+
+  Revision 1.102  1998/12/23 14:26:30  jonas
+    * patch from Peter: remove FindClose call in FileExists (caused error under Dos
+      when opening the ppc386.cfg file)
+
+  Revision 1.101  1998/12/23 14:02:00  peter
+    * daniels patches against the latest versions
+
+  Revision 1.99  1998/12/19 00:23:47  florian
+    * ansistring memory leaks fixed
+
+  Revision 1.98  1998/12/15 10:23:24  peter
+    + -iSO, -iSP, -iTO, -iTP
+
+  Revision 1.97  1998/12/11 00:03:17  peter
+    + globtype,tokens,version unit splitted from globals
+
+  Revision 1.96  1998/12/08 10:18:06  peter
+    + -gh for heaptrc unit
+
+  Revision 1.95  1998/12/03 10:17:30  peter
+    * target_os.use_bound_instruction boolean
+
+  Revision 1.94  1998/11/30 13:26:22  pierre
+    * the code for ordering the exported procs/vars was buggy
+    + added -WB to force binding (Ozerski way of creating DLL)
+      this is off by default as direct writing of .edata section seems
+      OK
+
+  Revision 1.93  1998/11/30 09:43:10  pierre
+    * some range check bugs fixed (still not working !)
+    + added DLL writing support for win32 (also accepts variables)
+    + TempAnsi for code that could be used for Temporary ansi strings
+      handling
+
+  Revision 1.92  1998/11/27 14:50:37  peter
+    + open strings, $P switch support
+
+  Revision 1.91  1998/11/26 21:33:08  peter
+    * rangecheck updates
+
+  Revision 1.90  1998/11/24 17:03:23  peter
+    * removed obsolete version.inc
+
+  Revision 1.89  1998/11/16 15:41:41  peter
+    * tp7 didn't like my ifopt H+ :(
+
+  Revision 1.88  1998/11/16 10:17:07  peter
+    * fixed for H+ compilation
+
+  Revision 1.87  1998/11/15 16:32:36  florian
+    * some stuff of Pavel implement (win32 dll creation)
+    * bug with ansistring function results fixed
+
+  Revision 1.86  1998/11/05 12:02:43  peter
+    * released useansistring
+    * removed -Sv, its now available in fpc modes
+
+  Revision 1.85  1998/10/26 22:23:30  peter
+    + fixpath() has an extra option to allow a ./ as path
+
+  Revision 1.84  1998/10/25 23:30:15  peter
+    * valint fix for tp7 to overcome overflow
+
+  Revision 1.83  1998/10/22 17:54:02  florian
+    + switch $APPTYPE for win32 added
+
+  Revision 1.82  1998/10/22 11:56:44  pierre
+    * FixPath handling of c: corrected
+
+  Revision 1.81  1998/10/19 15:41:00  peter
+    * better splitname to support glib-1.1.dll alike names
+
+  Revision 1.80  1998/10/16 13:37:17  florian
+    + switch -FD added to specify the path for utilities
+
+  Revision 1.79  1998/10/16 08:51:46  peter
+    + target_os.stackalignment
+    + stack can be aligned at 2 or 4 byte boundaries
+
+  Revision 1.78  1998/10/14 13:38:21  peter
+    * fixed path with staticlib/objects in ppufiles
+
+  Revision 1.77  1998/10/13 14:01:09  peter
+    * fixed -al
+
+  Revision 1.76  1998/10/13 13:10:15  peter
+    * new style for m68k/i386 infos and enums
+
+  Revision 1.75  1998/10/13 08:19:32  pierre
+    + source_os is now set correctly for cross-processor compilers
+      (tos contains all target_infos and
+       we use CPU86 and CPU68 conditionnals to
+       get the source operating system
+       this only works if you do not undefine
+       the source target  !!)
+    * several cg68k memory leaks fixed
+    + started to change the code so that it should be possible to have
+      a complete compiler (both for m68k and i386 !!)
+
+  Revision 1.74  1998/10/12 10:28:29  florian
+    + auto dereferencing of pointers to structured types in delphi mode
+
+  Revision 1.73  1998/10/12 09:49:56  florian
+    + support of <procedure var type>:=<pointer> in delphi mode added
+
+  Revision 1.72  1998/10/06 17:16:48  pierre
+    * some memory leaks fixed (thanks to Peter for heaptrc !)
+
+  Revision 1.71  1998/09/30 19:53:54  michael
+  + Upgraded to version 0.99.9
+
+  Revision 1.70  1998/09/29 15:23:03  peter
+    * remove also the end files for smartlinking
+
+  Revision 1.69  1998/09/26 17:45:28  peter
+    + idtoken and only one token table
+
+  Revision 1.68  1998/09/24 23:49:04  peter
+    + aktmodeswitches
+
+  Revision 1.67  1998/09/22 17:13:46  pierre
+    + browsing updated and developed
+      records and objects fields are also stored
+
+  Revision 1.66  1998/09/22 15:40:54  peter
+    * some extra ifdef GDB
+
+  Revision 1.65  1998/09/18 16:03:38  florian
+    * some changes to compile with Delphi
+
+  Revision 1.64  1998/09/10 15:25:29  daniel
+  + Added maxheapsize.
+  * Corrected semi-bug in calling the assembler and the linker
+
+  Revision 1.63  1998/09/09 18:17:13  florian
+    * version number changed to 0.99.8
+
+  Revision 1.62  1998/09/07 17:36:59  florian
+    * first fixes for published properties
+
+  Revision 1.61  1998/09/03 11:21:52  peter
+    * -al sets cs_asm_source
+
+  Revision 1.60  1998/09/01 12:53:20  peter
+    + aktpackenum
+
+  Revision 1.59  1998/09/01 07:54:18  pierre
+    * UseBrowser a little updated (might still be buggy !!)
+    * bug in psub.pas in function specifier removed
+    * stdcall allowed in interface and in implementation
+      (FPC will not yet complain if it is missing in either part
+      because stdcall is only a dummy !!)
+
+  Revision 1.58  1998/08/31 12:26:25  peter
+    * m68k and palmos updates from surebugfixes
+
+  Revision 1.57  1998/08/29 13:51:09  peter
+    * moved get_exepath to globals
+    + date_string const with the current date for 0.99.7+
+
+  Revision 1.56  1998/08/26 15:35:31  peter
+    * fixed scannerfiles for macros
+    + $I %<environment>%
+
+  Revision 1.55  1998/08/25 12:42:35  pierre
+    * CDECL changed to CVAR for variables
+      specifications are read in structures also
+    + started adding GPC compatibility mode ( option  -Sp)
+    * names changed to lowercase
+
+  Revision 1.54  1998/08/19 18:04:53  peter
+    * fixed current_module^.in_implementation flag
+
+  Revision 1.53  1998/08/19 16:07:45  jonas
+    * changed optimizer switches + cleanup of DestroyRefs in daopt386.pas
+
+  Revision 1.52  1998/08/19 10:06:13  peter
+    * fixed filenames and removedir which supports slash at the end
+
+  Revision 1.51  1998/08/17 09:17:46  peter
+    * static/shared linking updates
+
+  Revision 1.50  1998/08/14 21:56:33  peter
+    * setting the outputfile using -o works now to create static libs
+
+  Revision 1.49  1998/08/13 10:57:31  peter
+    * constant sets are now written correctly to the ppufile
+
+  Revision 1.48  1998/08/11 15:31:37  peter
+    * write extended to ppu file
+    * new version 0.99.7
+
+  Revision 1.47  1998/08/10 14:49:59  peter
+    + localswitches, moduleswitches, globalswitches splitting
+
+  Revision 1.46  1998/08/10 10:18:25  peter
+    + Compiler,Comphook unit which are the new interface units to the
+      compiler
+
+  Revision 1.45  1998/07/24 22:16:56  florian
+    * internal error 10 together with array access fixed. I hope
+      that's the final fix.
+
+  Revision 1.44  1998/07/18 17:11:08  florian
+    + ansi string constants fixed
+    + switch $H partial implemented
+
+  Revision 1.43  1998/07/14 21:46:42  peter
+    * updated messages file
+
+  Revision 1.42  1998/07/08 14:28:35  daniel
+  * Fixed small TP incompatibility: Fsplit requires use of dirstr, namestr and
+  extstr
+
+  Revision 1.41  1998/07/07 11:19:56  peter
+    + NEWINPUT for a better inputfile and scanner object
+
+  Revision 1.40  1998/06/25 08:48:13  florian
+    * first version of rtti support
+
+  Revision 1.39  1998/06/17 14:10:12  peter
+    * small os2 fixes
+    * fixed interdependent units with newppu (remake3 under linux works now)
+
+  Revision 1.38  1998/06/16 08:56:21  peter
+    + targetcpu
+    * cleaner pmodules for newppu
+
+  Revision 1.37  1998/06/13 00:10:06  peter
+    * working browser and newppu
+    * some small fixes against crashes which occured in bp7 (but not in
+      fpc?!)
+
+  Revision 1.36  1998/06/12 16:15:31  pierre
+    * external name 'C_var';
+      export name 'intern_C_var';
+      cdecl;
+      cdecl;external;
+      are now supported only with -Sv switch
+
+  Revision 1.34  1998/06/04 23:51:39  peter
+    * m68k compiles
+    + .def file creation moved to gendef.pas so it could also be used
+      for win32
+
+  Revision 1.33  1998/06/03 22:48:54  peter
+    + wordbool,longbool
+    * rename bis,von -> high,low
+    * moved some systemunit loading/creating to psystem.pas
+
+  Revision 1.32  1998/05/30 14:31:04  peter
+    + $ASMMODE
+
+  Revision 1.31  1998/05/28 14:40:24  peter
+    * fixes for newppu, remake3 works now with it
+
+  Revision 1.30  1998/05/27 19:45:03  peter
+    * symtable.pas splitted into includefiles
+    * symtable adapted for $ifdef NEWPPU
+
+  Revision 1.29  1998/05/25 17:11:39  pierre
+    * firstpasscount bug fixed
+      now all is already set correctly the first time
+      under EXTDEBUG try -gp to skip all other firstpasses
+      it works !!
+    * small bug fixes
+      - for smallsets with -dTESTSMALLSET
+      - some warnings removed (by correcting code !)
+
+  Revision 1.28  1998/05/23 01:21:07  peter
+    + aktasmmode, aktoptprocessor, aktoutputformat
+    + smartlink per module $SMARTLINK-/+ (like MMX) and moved to aktswitches
+    + $LIBNAME to set the library name where the unit will be put in
+    * splitted cgi386 a bit (codeseg to large for bp7)
+    * nasm, tasm works again. nasm moved to ag386nsm.pas
+
+  Revision 1.27  1998/05/20 09:42:33  pierre
+    + UseTokenInfo now default
+    * unit in interface uses and implementation uses gives error now
+    * only one error for unknown symbol (uses lastsymknown boolean)
+      the problem came from the label code !
+    + first inlined procedures and function work
+      (warning there might be allowed cases were the result is still wrong !!)
+    * UseBrower updated gives a global list of all position of all used symbols
+      with switch -gb
+
+  Revision 1.26  1998/05/12 10:46:59  peter
+    * moved printstatus to verb_def
+    + V_Normal which is between V_Error and V_Warning and doesn't have a
+      prefix like error: warning: and is included in V_Default
+    * fixed some messages
+    * first time parameter scan is only for -v and -T
+    - removed old style messages
+
+  Revision 1.25  1998/05/11 13:07:54  peter
+    + $ifdef NEWPPU for the new ppuformat
+    + $define GDB not longer required
+    * removed all warnings and stripped some log comments
+    * no findfirst/findnext anymore to remove smartlink *.o files
+
+  Revision 1.24  1998/05/08 09:21:20  michael
+  * Added missing -Fl message to messages file.
+  * Corrected mangling of file names when doing Linklib
+  * -Fl now actually WORKS.
+  * Librarysearchpath is now a field in linker object.
+
+  Revision 1.23  1998/05/06 15:04:20  pierre
+    + when trying to find source files of a ppufile
+      check the includepathlist for included files
+      the main file must still be in the same directory
+
+  Revision 1.22  1998/05/06 08:38:39  pierre
+    * better position info with UseTokenInfo
+      UseTokenInfo greatly simplified
+    + added check for changed tree after first time firstpass
+      (if we could remove all the cases were it happen
+      we could skip all firstpass if firstpasscount > 1)
+      Only with ExtDebug
+
+  Revision 1.21  1998/05/04 17:54:25  peter
+    + smartlinking works (only case jumptable left todo)
+    * redesign of systems.pas to support assemblers and linkers
+    + Unitname is now also in the PPU-file, increased version to 14
+
+  Revision 1.20  1998/05/01 07:43:53  florian
+    + basics for rtti implemented
+    + switch $m (generate rtti for published sections)
+
+  Revision 1.19  1998/04/30 15:59:40  pierre
+    * GDB works again better :
+      correct type info in one pass
+    + UseTokenInfo for better source position
+    * fixed one remaining bug in scanner for line counts
+    * several little fixes
+
+  Revision 1.18  1998/04/29 10:33:52  pierre
+    + added some code for ansistring (not complete nor working yet)
+    * corrected operator overloading
+    * corrected nasm output
+    + started inline procedures
+    + added starstarn : use ** for exponentiation (^ gave problems)
+    + started UseTokenInfo cond to get accurate positions
+
+  Revision 1.17  1998/04/27 23:10:28  peter
+    + new scanner
+    * $makelib -> if smartlink
+    * small filename fixes pmodule.setfilename
+    * moved import from files.pas -> import.pas
+
+  Revision 1.16  1998/04/27 15:45:20  peter
+    + -Xl for smartlink
+    + target_info.arext = .a
+
+  Revision 1.15  1998/04/22 21:06:50  florian
+    * last fixes before the release:
+      - veryyyy slow firstcall fixed
+
+  Revision 1.14  1998/04/21 13:48:09  michael
+  + Updated patch number
+
+  Revision 1.13  1998/04/21 10:16:47  peter
+    * patches from strasbourg
+    * objects is not used anymore in the fpc compiled version
+
+  Revision 1.12  1998/04/09 14:28:06  jonas
+    + basic k6 and 6x86 optimizing support (-O7 and -O8)
+
+  Revision 1.11  1998/04/08 16:58:02  pierre
+    * several bugfixes
+      ADD ADC and AND are also sign extended
+      nasm output OK (program still crashes at end
+      and creates wrong assembler files !!)
+      procsym types sym in tdef removed !!
+
+  Revision 1.10  1998/04/08 11:34:22  peter
+    * nasm works (linux only tested)
+
+  Revision 1.9  1998/04/07 21:37:30  peter
+    * fixed fixpath to also change / and \ slashes and better addpathtolist
+
+  Revision 1.8  1998/04/07 13:19:44  pierre
+    * bugfixes for reset_gdb_info
+      in MEM parsing for go32v2
+      better external symbol creation
+      support for rhgdb.exe (lowercase file names)
+
+  Revision 1.7  1998/04/06 16:19:46  peter
+    * fixed the -Up.. bug
+
+}
+