strreplace.cc

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/*
    Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Paul Davis 

    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.

*/

#include "pbd/replace_all.h"
#include "glibmm/miscutils.h"

int
replace_all (std::string& str,
             std::string const& target,
             std::string const& replacement) 
{
        std::string::size_type start = str.find (target, 0);
        int cnt = 0;

        while (start != std::string::npos) {
                str.replace (start, target.size(), replacement);
                start = str.find (target, start+replacement.size());
                ++cnt;
        }

        return cnt;
}

std::string
poor_mans_glob (std::string path)
{
        std::string copy = path;
        replace_all (copy, "~", Glib::get_home_dir());
        return copy;
}