2 * gmisc.c: Misc functions with no place to go (right now)
5 * Aaron Bockover (abockover@novell.com)
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44 g_getenv(const gchar *variable)
46 return getenv(variable);
50 g_setenv(const gchar *variable, const gchar *value, gboolean overwrite)
52 return setenv(variable, value, overwrite) == 0;
56 g_unsetenv(const gchar *variable)
62 g_win32_getlocale(void)
68 g_path_is_absolute (const char *filename)
70 g_return_val_if_fail (filename != NULL, FALSE);
72 return (*filename == '/');
75 static pthread_mutex_t home_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
76 static const gchar *home_dir;
78 /* Give preference to /etc/passwd than HOME */
82 if (home_dir == NULL){
83 pthread_mutex_lock (&home_lock);
84 if (home_dir == NULL){
85 #ifdef HAVE_GETPWUID_R
87 struct passwd *result;
90 if (getpwuid_r (getuid (), &pw, buf, 4096, &result) == 0)
91 home_dir = g_strdup (pw.pw_dir);
94 home_dir = g_getenv ("HOME");
96 pthread_mutex_unlock (&home_lock);
102 g_get_user_name (void)
104 const char *retName = g_getenv ("USER");
106 retName = "somebody";
110 static const char *tmp_dir;
112 static pthread_mutex_t tmp_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
117 if (tmp_dir == NULL){
118 pthread_mutex_lock (&tmp_lock);
119 if (tmp_dir == NULL){
120 tmp_dir = g_getenv ("TMPDIR");
121 if (tmp_dir == NULL){
122 tmp_dir = g_getenv ("TMP");
123 if (tmp_dir == NULL){
124 tmp_dir = g_getenv ("TEMP");
130 pthread_mutex_unlock (&tmp_lock);