{%MainUnit fileutil.pas}


{------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  function ReadAllLinks(const Filename: string;
    ExceptionOnError: boolean): string;
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------}
function ReadAllLinks(const Filename: string;
  ExceptionOnError: boolean): string;
var
  LinkFilename: string;
  AText: string;
  Depth: Integer;
begin
  Result:=Filename;
  Depth:=0;
  while Depth<12 do begin
    inc(Depth);
    LinkFilename:=FpReadLink(Result);
    if LinkFilename='' then begin
      AText:='"'+Filename+'"';
      case fpGetErrno() of
      ESysEAcces:
        AText:='read access denied for '+AText;
      ESysENoEnt:
        AText:='a directory component in '+AText
                            +' does not exist or is a dangling symlink';
      ESysENotDir:
        AText:='a directory component in '+AText+' is not a directory';
      ESysENoMem:
        AText:='insufficient memory';
      ESysELoop:
        AText:=AText+' has a circular symbolic link';
      else
        // not a symbolic link, just a regular file
        exit;
      end;
      if (not ExceptionOnError) then begin
        Result:='';
        exit;
      end;
      raise EFOpenError.Create(AText);
    end else begin
      if not FilenameIsAbsolute(LinkFilename) then
        Result:=ExpandFileNameUTF8(ExtractFilePath(Result)+LinkFilename)
      else
        Result:=LinkFilename;
    end;
  end;
  // probably an endless loop
  if ExceptionOnError then
    raise EFOpenError.Create('too many links, maybe an endless loop.')
  else
    Result:='';
end;



function ExtractShortPathNameUTF8(const FileName: String): String;
begin
  Result:=SysToUTF8(SysUtils.ExtractShortPathName(UTF8ToSys(FileName)));
end;