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Topic: When should file_path_canonical() be used? (Read 2275 times) previous topic - next topic
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When should file_path_canonical() be used?

The foobar2000 SDK is not very well documented, so I am a bit confused ...

If I understand correctly, whenever a metadb_handle is created from a file path, the path should be processed through file_path_canonical(), otherwise it will not be compared correctly with existing metadb_handles.

Could someone please confirm this?

Should file_path_canonical() be used for non-local paths (e.g. http:// URLs) too?  Is there a standard way to convert any types of URL to a standardised form in foobar2000?