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+/** @file
+ * IPRT - C++ path utilities.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Oracle Corporation
+ *
+ * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
+ * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
+ * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
+ * General Public License (GPL) as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation, in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the
+ * hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
+ * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
+ * (CDDL) only, as it comes in the "COPYING.CDDL" file of the
+ * VirtualBox OSE distribution, in which case the provisions of the
+ * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
+ *
+ * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
+ * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ___iprt_cpp_path_h
+#define ___iprt_cpp_path_h
+
+#include <iprt/types.h>
+#include <iprt/assert.h>
+#include <iprt/cpp/ministring.h>
+#include <iprt/path.h>
+
+
+/** @defgroup grp_rt_cpp_path    C++ Path Utilities
+ * @ingroup grp_rt_cpp
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper around RTPathAbs() that returns the result in the given buffer.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param   rStrAbs         Reference to the destiation string.
+ * @param   pszRelative     The relative source string.
+ */
+DECLINLINE(int) RTPathAbsCxx(RTCString &rStrAbs, const char *pszRelative)
+{
+    Assert(rStrAbs.c_str() != pszRelative);
+    int rc = rStrAbs.reserveNoThrow(RTPATH_MAX);
+    if (RT_SUCCESS(rc))
+    {
+        char *pszDst = rStrAbs.mutableRaw();
+        rc = RTPathAbs(pszRelative, pszDst, rStrAbs.capacity() - 1);
+        if (RT_FAILURE(rc))
+            *pszDst = '\0';
+        rStrAbs.jolt();
+    }
+    return rc;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper around RTPathAbs() that returns the result in the given buffer.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @param   rStrAbs         Reference to the destiation string.
+ * @param   rStrRelative    Reference to the relative source string.
+ */
+DECLINLINE(int) RTPathAbsCxx(RTCString &rStrAbs, RTCString const &rStrRelative)
+{
+    return RTPathAbsCxx(rStrAbs, rStrRelative.c_str());
+}
+
+
+/** @} */
+
+#endif
+