--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/foosdk/sdk/pfc/pathUtils.h	Mon Jan 05 02:15:46 2026 -0500
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+#pragma once
+
+#include <functional>
+#include "string_base.h"
+
+namespace pfc {
+	namespace io {
+		namespace path {
+#ifdef _WINDOWS
+			typedef string::comparatorCaseInsensitive comparator;
+#else
+            typedef string::comparatorCaseSensitive comparator; // wild assumption
+#endif
+            
+
+			typedef std::function<const char* (char)> charReplace_t;
+
+			const char * charReplaceDefault(char);
+			const char * charReplaceModern(char);
+
+			string getFileName(string path);
+			string getFileNameWithoutExtension(string path);
+			string getFileExtension(string path);
+			string getParent(string filePath);
+			string getDirectory(string filePath);//same as getParent()
+			string combine(string basePath,string fileName);
+			char getDefaultSeparator();
+			string getSeparators();
+			bool isSeparator(char c);
+			string getIllegalNameChars(bool allowWC = false);
+			string replaceIllegalNameChars(string fn, bool allowWC = false, charReplace_t replace = charReplaceDefault);
+			string replaceIllegalPathChars(string fn, charReplace_t replace = charReplaceDefault);
+			bool isInsideDirectory(pfc::string directory, pfc::string inside);
+			bool isDirectoryRoot(string path);
+			string validateFileName(string name, bool allowWC = false, bool preserveExt = false, charReplace_t replace = charReplaceDefault);//removes various illegal things from the name, exact effect depends on the OS, includes removal of the invalid characters
+
+			template<typename t1, typename t2> inline bool equals(const t1 & v1, const t2 & v2) {return comparator::compare(v1,v2) == 0;}
+
+            template<typename t1, typename t2> inline int compare( t1 const & p1, t2 const & p2 ) {return comparator::compare(p1, p2); }
+		}
+	}
+}