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+//####COPYRIGHTBEGIN####
+//                                                                          
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
+//
+// This program is part of the eCos host tools.
+//
+// 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., 
+// 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+//
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//                                                                          
+//####COPYRIGHTEND####
+//=================================================================
+//
+//        eCosTestUtils.cpp
+//
+//        Utility functions
+//
+//=================================================================
+//=================================================================
+//#####DESCRIPTIONBEGIN####
+//
+// Author(s):     sdf
+// Contributors:  sdf
+// Date:          1999-04-01
+// Description:   This class contains utility functions for use in the testing infrastructure
+// Usage:
+//
+//####DESCRIPTIONEND####
+
+#include "eCosStd.h"
+#include "eCosTestUtils.h"
+#include "eCosThreadUtils.h"
+#include "eCosTrace.h"
+
+LPCTSTR  const CeCosTestUtils::Tail(LPCTSTR  const pszFile)
+{
+  LPCTSTR pszTail=_tcsrchr(pszFile,_TCHAR('/'));
+  if(0==pszTail){
+    pszTail=_tcsrchr(pszFile,_TCHAR('\\'));
+  }
+  return (0==pszTail)?pszFile:pszTail+1;
+}
+
+LPCTSTR CeCosTestUtils::HostName()
+{
+  static bool bFirstTime=true;
+  static String str;
+  static int nErr;
+  if(bFirstTime){
+    char szMyname[256];
+    nErr=gethostname(szMyname,sizeof szMyname);
+    bFirstTime=false;
+    if(0==nErr){
+      str=String::CStrToUnicodeStr(szMyname);
+    } else {
+      str=_T("");
+    }
+  }
+  return str;
+}
+
+LPCTSTR CeCosTestUtils::SimpleHostName()
+{
+  static bool bFirstTime=true;
+  static String str;
+  if(bFirstTime){
+    str=HostName();
+    // Remove all after a '.'
+    LPCTSTR c=_tcschr(str,_TCHAR('.'));
+    if(c){
+      str.SetLength(c-(LPCTSTR )str);
+    }
+    bFirstTime=false;
+  }
+  return str;
+}
+
+
+
+// File iterator.  Gets next file in directory, avoiding _T(".") and _T("..")
+bool CeCosTestUtils::NextFile (void *&pHandle,String &str)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  WIN32_FIND_DATA fd;
+  while(FindNextFile((HANDLE)pHandle,&fd)){
+    LPCTSTR pszName=fd.cFileName;
+#else // UNIX
+    struct dirent *d;
+    while((d=readdir((DIR *)pHandle))){
+      LPCTSTR pszName=d->d_name;
+#endif
+      if(pszName[0]!='.'){
+        str=pszName;
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+  
+  // Start file iteration and return first file.
+bool CeCosTestUtils::StartSearch (void *&pHandle,String &str)
+  {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    WIN32_FIND_DATA fd;
+    pHandle=(void *)FindFirstFile (_T("*.*"), &fd);
+    if(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE==(HANDLE)pHandle){
+      ERROR(_T("Failed to open dir\n"));
+      return false;
+    } else if (fd.cFileName[0]=='.') {
+      return NextFile((HANDLE)pHandle,str);
+    } else {
+		str=String(fd.cFileName);
+      return true;
+    }
+#else // UNIX
+    pHandle=(void *)opendir(_T("."));
+    if(0==pHandle){
+      ERROR(_T("Failed to open dir\n"));
+      return false;
+    }
+    return NextFile(pHandle,str);
+#endif
+  }
+  
+  // End file iteration
+void CeCosTestUtils::EndSearch (void *&pHandle)
+  {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    FindClose((HANDLE)pHandle);
+#else // UNIX
+    closedir((DIR *)pHandle);
+#endif
+}
+  
+
+// deal with common command-line  actions
+bool CeCosTestUtils::CommandLine(int &argc,TCHAR **argv)
+{
+  for(int i=1;i<argc;i++){
+    if(_TCHAR('-')==*argv[i]){
+      if(0==_tcscmp(argv[i],_T("-v"))){
+        CeCosTrace ::EnableTracing(true);
+        // Shuffle the command line down to remove that which we have just seen:
+        for(TCHAR **a=argv+i;(a[0]=a[1]);a++);
+        argc--;i--; // counteract the increment
+      } else if(0==_tcscmp(argv[i],_T("-o"))){
+        if(i+1<argc){
+          if(!CeCosTrace::SetOutput(argv[i+1])){
+            ERROR(_T("Failed to direct output to %s\n"),argv[i+1]);
+          }
+          // Shuffle the command line down to remove that which we have just seen:
+          for(TCHAR **a=argv+i;(a[0]=a[2]);a++);
+          argc-=2;i-=2; // counteract the increment
+        } else {
+          return false;
+        }
+      } else if(0==_tcscmp(argv[i],_T("-version"))){
+        const TCHAR *pszTail=_tcsrchr(argv[0],_TCHAR('/'));
+        if(0==pszTail){
+          pszTail=_tcsrchr(argv[0],_TCHAR('\\'));
+        }
+  			_tprintf (_T("%s %s (%s %s)\n"), (0==pszTail)?argv[0]:pszTail+1,ECOS_VERSION,  __DATE__, __TIME__);
+        exit(0);
+      } 
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+