Is there any path open-source manipulation library which supports all of the following? Unrestricted path lengths (i.e. the only restriction should be from the range of size_t , not arbitrary limitations like 256 characters) Basic manipulations like canonicalization, the equivalent of basename , dirname , getting the file extension, getting the root, etc. All valid Windows-style paths and file names, such as \Rooted , Dir/ , C:\Dir/foo , File , \\Computer\Dir/File , \\.\C: , Foo\./.\Bar:ADS , or \\?\C:\Dir\Escaped:ADS:$DATA I believe this should also cover POSIX-style paths, but if not, those should work too I'd prefer C++, but C is also fine.

Reputation: 210603

Long- and Multi-format Path Manipulation Library?

Is there any path open-source manipulation library which supports all of the following?

Unrestricted path lengths (i.e. the only restriction should be from the range of size_t, not arbitrary limitations like 256 characters)
Basic manipulations like canonicalization, the equivalent of basename, dirname, getting the file extension, getting the root, etc.
All valid Windows-style paths and file names, such as \Rooted, Dir/, C:\Dir/foo, File, \\Computer\Dir/File, \\.\C:, Foo\./.\Bar:ADS, or \\?\C:\Dir\Escaped:ADS:$DATA
- I believe this should also cover POSIX-style paths, but if not, those should work too