+/*********************************************************************
+ *
+ * Function : make_path
+ *
+ * Description : Takes a directory name and a file name, returns
+ * the complete path. Handles windows/unix differences.
+ * If the file name is already an absolute path, or if
+ * the directory name is NULL or empty, it returns
+ * the filename.
+ *
+ * Parameters :
+ * 1 : dir: Name of directory or NULL for none.
+ * 2 : file: Name of file. Should not be NULL or empty.
+ *
+ * Returns : "dir/file" (Or on windows, "dir\file").
+ * It allocates the string on the heap. Caller frees.
+ * Returns NULL in error (i.e. NULL file or out of
+ * memory)
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+char * make_path(const char * dir, const char * file)
+{
+ if ((file == NULL) || (*file == '\0'))
+ {
+ return NULL; /* Error */
+ }
+
+ if ((dir == NULL) || (*dir == '\0') /* No directory specified */
+#ifdef _WIN32
+ || (*file == '\\') || (file[1] == ':') /* Absolute path (DOS) */
+#else /* ifndef _WIN32 */
+ || (*file == '/') /* Absolute path (U*ix) */
+#endif /* ifndef _WIN32 */
+ )
+ {
+ return strdup(file);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ char * path = malloc(strlen(dir) + strlen(file) + 2);
+ strcpy(path, dir);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+ strcat(path, "\\");
+#else /* ifndef _WIN32 */
+ strcat(path, "\\");
+#endif /* ifndef _WIN32 */
+ strcat(path, file);
+
+ return path;
+ }
+}
+
+