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-#
-#
-#            Nimrod's Runtime Library
-#        (c) Copyright 2009 Andreas Rumpf
-#
-#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
-#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
-#
-
-## This module contains basic operating system facilities like
-## retrieving environment variables, reading command line arguments,
-## working with directories, running shell commands, etc.
-{.deadCodeElim: on.}
-
-{.push debugger: off.}
-
-import
-  strutils, times
-
-when defined(windows):
-  import winlean
-elif defined(posix): 
-  import posix
-else:
-  {.error: "OS module not ported to your operating system!".}
-
-include "system/ansi_c"
-
-# copied from excpt.nim, because I don't want to make this template public
-template newException(exceptn, message: expr): expr =
-  block: # open a new scope
-    var
-      e: ref exceptn
-    new(e)
-    e.msg = message
-    e
-
-const
-  doslike = defined(windows) or defined(OS2) or defined(DOS)
-    # DOS-like filesystem
-
-when defined(Nimdoc): # only for proper documentation:
-  const
-    CurDir* = '.'
-      ## The constant string used by the operating system to refer to the
-      ## current directory.
-      ##
-      ## For example: '.' for POSIX or ':' for the classic Macintosh.
-
-    ParDir* = ".."
-      ## The constant string used by the operating system to refer to the parent
-      ## directory.
-      ##
-      ## For example: ".." for POSIX or "::" for the classic Macintosh.
-
-    DirSep* = '/'
-      ## The character used by the operating system to separate pathname
-      ## components, for example, '/' for POSIX or ':' for the classic
-      ## Macintosh.
-
-    AltSep* = '/'
-      ## An alternative character used by the operating system to separate
-      ## pathname components, or the same as `DirSep` if only one separator
-      ## character exists. This is set to '/' on Windows systems where `DirSep`
-      ## is a backslash.
-
-    PathSep* = ':'
-      ## The character conventionally used by the operating system to separate
-      ## search patch components (as in PATH), such as ':' for POSIX or ';' for
-      ## Windows.
-
-    FileSystemCaseSensitive* = True
-      ## True if the file system is case sensitive, false otherwise. Used by
-      ## `cmpPaths` to compare filenames properly.
-
-    ExeExt* = ""
-      ## The file extension of native executables. For example:
-      ## "" for POSIX, "exe" on Windows.
-
-    ScriptExt* = ""
-      ## The file extension of a script file. For example: "" for POSIX,
-      ## "bat" on Windows.
-
-elif defined(macos):
-  const
-    curdir* = ':'
-    pardir* = "::"
-    dirsep* = ':'
-    altsep* = dirsep
-    pathsep* = ','
-    FileSystemCaseSensitive* = false
-    ExeExt* = ""
-    ScriptExt* = ""
-
-  #  MacOS paths
-  #  ===========
-  #  MacOS directory separator is a colon ":" which is the only character not
-  #  allowed in filenames.
-  #
-  #  A path containing no colon or which begins with a colon is a partial path.
-  #  E.g. ":kalle:petter" ":kalle" "kalle"
-  #
-  #  All other paths are full (absolute) paths. E.g. "HD:kalle:" "HD:"
-  #  When generating paths, one is safe if one ensures that all partial paths
-  #  begin with a colon, and all full paths end with a colon.
-  #  In full paths the first name (e g HD above) is the name of a mounted
-  #  volume.
-  #  These names are not unique, because, for instance, two diskettes with the
-  #  same names could be inserted. This means that paths on MacOS are not
-  #  waterproof. In case of equal names the first volume found will do.
-  #  Two colons "::" are the relative path to the parent. Three is to the
-  #  grandparent etc.
-elif doslike:
-  const
-    curdir* = '.'
-    pardir* = ".."
-    dirsep* = '\\' # seperator within paths
-    altsep* = '/'
-    pathSep* = ';' # seperator between paths
-    FileSystemCaseSensitive* = false
-    ExeExt* = "exe"
-    ScriptExt* = "bat"
-elif defined(PalmOS) or defined(MorphOS):
-  const
-    dirsep* = '/'
-    altsep* = dirsep
-    PathSep* = ';'
-    pardir* = ".."
-    FileSystemCaseSensitive* = false
-    ExeExt* = ""
-    ScriptExt* = ""
-elif defined(RISCOS):
-  const
-    dirsep* = '.'
-    altsep* = '.'
-    pardir* = ".." # is this correct?
-    pathSep* = ','
-    FileSystemCaseSensitive* = true
-    ExeExt* = ""
-    ScriptExt* = ""
-else: # UNIX-like operating system
-  const
-    curdir* = '.'
-    pardir* = ".."
-    dirsep* = '/'
-    altsep* = dirsep
-    pathSep* = ':'
-    FileSystemCaseSensitive* = true
-    ExeExt* = ""
-    ScriptExt* = ""
-
-const
-  ExtSep* = '.'
-    ## The character which separates the base filename from the extension;
-    ## for example, the '.' in ``os.nim``.
-
-# procs dealing with command line arguments:
-proc paramCount*(): int
-  ## Returns the number of command line arguments given to the
-  ## application.
-
-proc paramStr*(i: int): string
-  ## Returns the `i`-th command line arguments given to the
-  ## application.
-  ##
-  ## `i` should be in the range `1..paramCount()`, else
-  ## the `EOutOfIndex` exception is raised.
-
-proc OSError*(msg: string = "") {.noinline.} =
-  ## raises an EOS exception with the given message ``msg``.
-  ## If ``msg == ""``, the operating system's error flag
-  ## (``errno``) is converted to a readable error message. On Windows
-  ## ``GetLastError`` is checked before ``errno``.
-  ## If no error flag is set, the message ``unknown OS error`` is used.
-  if len(msg) == 0:
-    when defined(Windows):
-      var err = GetLastError()
-      if err != 0'i32:
-        # sigh, why is this is so difficult?
-        var msgbuf: cstring
-        if FormatMessageA(0x00000100 or 0x00001000 or 0x00000200,
-                          nil, err, 0, addr(msgbuf), 0, nil) != 0'i32:
-          var m = $msgbuf
-          if msgbuf != nil:
-            LocalFree(msgbuf)
-          raise newException(EOS, m)
-    if errno != 0'i32:
-      raise newException(EOS, $os.strerror(errno))
-    else:
-      raise newException(EOS, "unknown OS error")
-  else:
-    raise newException(EOS, msg)
-
-proc UnixToNativePath*(path: string): string {.noSideEffect.} =
-  ## Converts an UNIX-like path to a native one.
-  ##
-  ## On an UNIX system this does nothing. Else it converts
-  ## '/', '.', '..' to the appropriate things.
-  when defined(unix):
-    result = path
-  else:
-    var start: int
-    if path[0] == '/':
-      # an absolute path
-      when doslike:
-        result = r"C:\"
-      elif defined(macos):
-        result = "" # must not start with ':'
-      else:
-        result = $dirSep
-      start = 1
-    elif path[0] == '.' and path[1] == '/':
-      # current directory
-      result = $curdir
-      start = 2
-    else:
-      result = ""
-      start = 0
-
-    var i = start
-    while i < len(path): # ../../../ --> ::::
-      if path[i] == '.' and path[i+1] == '.' and path[i+2] == '/':
-        # parent directory
-        when defined(macos):
-          if result[high(result)] == ':':
-            add result, ':'
-          else:
-            add result, pardir
-        else:
-          add result, pardir & dirSep
-        inc(i, 3)
-      elif path[i] == '/':
-        add result, dirSep
-        inc(i)
-      else:
-        add result, path[i]
-        inc(i)
-
-proc existsFile*(filename: string): bool =
-  ## Returns true if the file exists, false otherwise.
-  when defined(windows):
-    var a = GetFileAttributesA(filename)
-    if a != -1'i32:
-      result = (a and FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) == 0'i32
-  else:
-    var res: TStat
-    return stat(filename, res) >= 0'i32 and S_ISREG(res.st_mode)
-
-proc existsDir*(dir: string): bool =
-  ## Returns true iff the directory `dir` exists. If `dir` is a file, false
-  ## is returned.
-  when defined(windows):
-    var a = GetFileAttributesA(dir)
-    if a != -1'i32:
-      result = (a and FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) != 0'i32
-  else:
-    var res: TStat
-    return stat(dir, res) >= 0'i32 and S_ISDIR(res.st_mode)
-
-proc getLastModificationTime*(file: string): TTime =
-  ## Returns the `file`'s last modification time.
-  when defined(posix):
-    var res: TStat
-    if stat(file, res) < 0'i32: OSError()
-    return res.st_mtime
-  else:
-    var f: TWIN32_Find_Data
-    var h = findfirstFileA(file, f)
-    if h == -1'i32: OSError()
-    result = winTimeToUnixTime(rdFileTime(f.ftLastWriteTime))
-    findclose(h)
-
-proc getLastAccessTime*(file: string): TTime =
-  ## Returns the `file`'s last read or write access time.
-  when defined(posix):
-    var res: TStat
-    if stat(file, res) < 0'i32: OSError()
-    return res.st_atime
-  else:
-    var f: TWIN32_Find_Data
-    var h = findfirstFileA(file, f)
-    if h == -1'i32: OSError()
-    result = winTimeToUnixTime(rdFileTime(f.ftLastAccessTime))
-    findclose(h)
-
-proc getCreationTime*(file: string): TTime = 
-  ## Returns the `file`'s creation time.
-  when defined(posix):
-    var res: TStat
-    if stat(file, res) < 0'i32: OSError()
-    return res.st_ctime
-  else:
-    var f: TWIN32_Find_Data
-    var h = findfirstFileA(file, f)
-    if h == -1'i32: OSError()
-    result = winTimeToUnixTime(rdFileTime(f.ftCreationTime))
-    findclose(h)
-
-proc fileNewer*(a, b: string): bool =
-  ## Returns true if the file `a` is newer than file `b`, i.e. if `a`'s
-  ## modification time is later than `b`'s.
-  result = getLastModificationTime(a) - getLastModificationTime(b) > 0
-
-proc getCurrentDir*(): string =
-  ## Returns the current working directory.
-  const bufsize = 512 # should be enough
-  result = newString(bufsize)
-  when defined(windows):
-    var L = GetCurrentDirectoryA(bufsize, result)
-    if L == 0'i32: OSError()
-    setLen(result, L)
-  else:
-    if getcwd(result, bufsize) != nil:
-      setlen(result, c_strlen(result))
-    else:
-      OSError()
-
-proc setCurrentDir*(newDir: string) {.inline.} =
-  ## Sets the current working directory; `EOS` is raised if
-  ## `newDir` cannot been set.
-  when defined(Windows):
-    if SetCurrentDirectoryA(newDir) == 0'i32: OSError()
-  else:
-    if chdir(newDir) != 0'i32: OSError()
-
-proc JoinPath*(head, tail: string): string {.noSideEffect.} =
-  ## Joins two directory names to one.
-  ##
-  ## For example on Unix:
-  ##
-  ## ..code-block:: nimrod
-  ##   JoinPath("usr", "lib")
-  ##
-  ## results in:
-  ##
-  ## ..code-block:: nimrod
-  ##   "usr/lib"
-  ##
-  ## If head is the empty string, tail is returned.
-  ## If tail is the empty string, head is returned.
-  if len(head) == 0:
-    result = tail
-  elif head[len(head)-1] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
-    if tail[0] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
-      result = head & copy(tail, 1)
-    else:
-      result = head & tail
-  else:
-    if tail[0] in {DirSep, AltSep}:
-      result = head & tail
-    else:
-      result = head & DirSep & tail
-
-proc JoinPath*(parts: openarray[string]): string {.noSideEffect.} =
-  ## The same as `JoinPath(head, tail)`, but works with any number
-  ## of directory parts.
-  result = parts[0]
-  for i in 1..high(parts):
-    result = JoinPath(result, parts[i])
-
-proc `/` * (head, tail: string): string {.noSideEffect.} =
-  ## The same as ``joinPath(head, tail)``
-  return joinPath(head, tail)
-
-proc SplitPath*(path: string, head, tail: var string) {.noSideEffect,
-                                                        deprecated.} =
-  ## **Deprecated since version 0.8.2**: use the version that returns a tuple
-  ## instead
-  var
-    sepPos = -1
-  for i in countdown(len(path)-1, 0):
-    if path[i] in {dirsep, altsep}:
-      sepPos = i
-      break
-  if sepPos >= 0:
-    head = copy(path, 0, sepPos-1)
-    tail = copy(path, sepPos+1)
-  else:
-    head = ""
-    tail = path # make a string copy here
-
-proc SplitPath*(path: string): tuple[head, tail: string] {.noSideEffect.} =
-  ## Splits a directory into (head, tail), so that
-  ## ``JoinPath(head, tail) == path``.
-  ##
-  ## Examples: 
-  ## .. code-block:: nimrod
-  ##   SplitPath("usr/local/bin") -> ("usr/local", "bin")
-  ##   SplitPath("usr/local/bin/") -> ("usr/local/bin", "")
-  ##   SplitPath("bin") -> ("", "bin")
-  ##   SplitPath("/bin") -> ("", "bin")
-  ##   SplitPath("") -> ("", "")
-  var
-    sepPos = -1
-  for i in countdown(len(path)-1, 0):
-    if path[i] in {dirsep, altsep}:
-      sepPos = i
-      break
-  if sepPos >= 0:
-    result.head = copy(path, 0, sepPos-1)
-    result.tail = copy(path, sepPos+1)
-  else:
-    result.head = ""
-    result.tail = path
-
-proc parentDir*(path: string): string {.noSideEffect.} =
-  ## Returns the parent directory of `path`.
-  ##
-  ## This is often the same as the ``head`` result of ``splitPath``.
-  ## If there is no parent, ``path`` is returned.
-  ## Example: ``parentDir("/usr/local/bin") == "/usr/local"``.
-  ## Example: ``parentDir("/usr/local/bin/") == "/usr/local"``.
-  var
-    sepPos = -1
-    q = 1
-  if path[len(path)-1] in {dirsep, altsep}:
-    q = 2
-  for i in countdown(len(path)-q, 0):
-    if path[i] in {dirsep, altsep}:
-      sepPos = i
-      break
-  if sepPos >= 0:
-    result = copy(path, 0, sepPos-1)
-  else:
-    result = path
-
-proc `/../` * (head, tail: string): string {.noSideEffect.} =
-  ## The same as ``parentDir(head) / tail``
-  return parentDir(head) / tail
-
-proc normExt(ext: string): string =
-  if ext == "" or ext[0] == extSep: result = ext # no copy needed here
-  else: result = extSep & ext
-
-proc searchExtPos(s: string): int =
-  # BUGFIX: do not search until 0! .DS_Store is no file extension!
-  result = -1
-  for i in countdown(len(s)-1, 1):
-    if s[i] == extsep:
-      result = i
-      break
-    elif s[i] in {dirsep, altsep}:
-      break # do not skip over path
-
-proc splitFile*(path: string): tuple[dir, name, ext: string] {.noSideEffect.} =
-  ## Splits a filename into (dir, filename, extension).
-  ## `dir` does not end in `DirSep`.
-  ## `extension` includes the leading dot.
-  ##
-  ## Example:
-  ##
-  ## .. code-block:: nimrod
-  ##   var (dir, name, ext) = splitFile("usr/local/nimrodc.html")
-  ##   assert dir == "usr/local"
-  ##   assert name == "nimrodc"
-  ##   assert ext == ".html"
-  ##
-  ## If `path` has no extension, `ext` is the empty string.
-  ## If `path` has no directory component, `dir` is the empty string.
-  ## If `path` has no filename component, `name` and `ext` are empty strings.
-  if path.len == 0 or path[path.len-1] in {dirSep, altSep}:
-    result = (path, "", "")
-  else:
-    var sepPos = -1
-    var dotPos = path.len
-    for i in countdown(len(path)-1, 0):
-      if path[i] == ExtSep:
-        if dotPos == path.len and i > 0: dotPos = i
-      elif path[i] in {dirsep, altsep}:
-        sepPos = i
-        break
-    result.dir = copy(path, 0, sepPos-1)
-    result.name = copy(path, sepPos+1, dotPos-1)
-    result.ext = copy(path, dotPos)
-
-proc extractDir*(path: string): string {.noSideEffect, deprecated.} =
-  ## Extracts the directory of a given path. This is almost the
-  ## same as the `head` result of `splitPath`, except that
-  ## ``extractDir("/usr/lib/") == "/usr/lib/"``.
-  ## **Deprecated since version 0.8.2**: Use ``splitFile(path).dir`` instead.
-  result = splitFile(path).dir
-
-proc extractFilename*(path: string): string {.noSideEffect.} =
-  ## Extracts the filename of a given `path`. This is the same as 
-  ## ``name & ext`` from ``splitFile(path)``.
-  if path.len == 0 or path[path.len-1] in {dirSep, altSep}:
-    result = ""
-  else:
-    result = splitPath(path).tail
-
-proc expandFilename*(filename: string): string =
-  ## Returns the full path of `filename`, raises EOS in case of an error.
-  when defined(windows):
-    var unused: cstring
-    result = newString(3072)
-    var L = GetFullPathNameA(filename, 3072'i32, result, unused)
-    if L <= 0'i32 or L >= 3072'i32: OSError()
-    setLen(result, L)
-  else:
-    var res = realpath(filename, nil)
-    if res == nil: OSError()
-    result = $res
-    c_free(res)
-
-proc SplitFilename*(filename: string, name, extension: var string) {.
-  noSideEffect, deprecated.} = 
-  ## Splits a filename into (name, extension), so that
-  ## ``name & extension == filename``.
-  ##
-  ## Example: After ``SplitFilename("usr/local/nimrodc.html", name, ext)``,
-  ## `name` is "usr/local/nimrodc" and `ext` is ".html".
-  ## If the file has no extension, extension is the empty string.
-  ## **Deprecated since version 0.8.2**: Use ``splitFile(filename)`` instead.
-  var extPos = searchExtPos(filename)
-  if extPos >= 0:
-    name = copy(filename, 0, extPos-1)
-    extension = copy(filename, extPos)
-  else:
-    name = filename # make a string copy here
-    extension = ""
-
-proc extractFileExt*(filename: string): string {.noSideEffect, deprecated.} =
-  ## Extracts the file extension of a given `filename`. This is the
-  ## same as the `extension` result of `splitFilename`.
-  ## **Deprecated since version 0.8.2**: Use ``splitFile(filename).ext``
-  ## instead.
-  result = splitFile(filename).ext
-
-proc extractFileTrunk*(filename: string): string {.noSideEffect, deprecated.} =
-  ## Extracts the file name of a given `filename`. This removes any
-  ## directory information and the file extension.
-  ## **Deprecated since version 0.8.2**: Use ``splitFile(path).name`` instead.
-  result = splitFile(filename).name
-  
-proc ChangeFileExt*(filename, ext: string): string {.noSideEffect.} =
-  ## Changes the file extension to `ext`.
-  ##
-  ## If the `filename` has no extension, `ext` will be added.
-  ## If `ext` == "" then any extension is removed.
-  ## `Ext` should be given without the leading '.', because some
-  ## filesystems may use a different character. (Although I know
-  ## of none such beast.)
-  var extPos = searchExtPos(filename)
-  if extPos < 0: result = filename & normExt(ext)
-  else: result = copy(filename, 0, extPos-1) & normExt(ext)
-
-proc addFileExt*(filename, ext: string): string {.noSideEffect.} =
-  ## Adds the file extension `ext` to `filename`, unless
-  ## `filename` already has an extension.
-  ##
-  ## `Ext` should be given without the leading '.', because some
-  ## filesystems may use a different character.
-  ## (Although I know of none such beast.)
-  var extPos = searchExtPos(filename)
-  if extPos < 0: result = filename & normExt(ext)
-  else: result = filename
-
-proc AppendFileExt*(filename, ext: string): string {.
-  noSideEffect, deprecated.} =
-  ## **Deprecated since version 0.8.2**: Use `addFileExt` instead.
-  result = addFileExt(filename, ext)
-
-proc cmpPaths*(pathA, pathB: string): int {.noSideEffect.} =
-  ## Compares two paths.
-  ##
-  ## On a case-sensitive filesystem this is done
-  ## case-sensitively otherwise case-insensitively. Returns:
-  ##
-  ## | 0 iff pathA == pathB
-  ## | < 0 iff pathA < pathB
-  ## | > 0 iff pathA > pathB
-  if FileSystemCaseSensitive:
-    result = cmp(pathA, pathB)
-  else:
-    result = cmpIgnoreCase(pathA, pathB)
-
-proc sameFile*(path1, path2: string): bool =
-  ## Returns True if both pathname arguments refer to the same file or
-  ## directory (as indicated by device number and i-node number).
-  ## Raises an exception if an os.stat() call on either pathname fails.
-  when defined(Windows):
-    var
-      a, b: TWin32FindData
-    var resA = findfirstFileA(path1, a)
-    var resB = findfirstFileA(path2, b)
-    if resA != -1 and resB != -1:
-      result = $a.cFileName == $b.cFileName
-    else:
-      # work around some ``findfirstFileA`` bugs
-      result = cmpPaths(path1, path2) == 0
-    if resA != -1: findclose(resA)
-    if resB != -1: findclose(resB)
-  else:
-    var
-      a, b: TStat
-    if stat(path1, a) < 0'i32 or stat(path2, b) < 0'i32:
-      result = cmpPaths(path1, path2) == 0 # be consistent with Windows
-    else:
-      result = a.st_dev == b.st_dev and a.st_ino == b.st_ino
-
-proc sameFileContent*(path1, path2: string): bool =
-  ## Returns True if both pathname arguments refer to files with identical
-  ## binary content.
-  const
-    bufSize = 8192 # 8K buffer
-  var
-    a, b: TFile
-  if not open(a, path1): return false
-  if not open(b, path2):
-    close(a)
-    return false
-  var bufA = alloc(bufsize)
-  var bufB = alloc(bufsize)
-  while True:
-    var readA = readBuffer(a, bufA, bufsize)
-    var readB = readBuffer(b, bufB, bufsize)
-    if readA != readB:
-      result = false
-      break
-    if readA == 0:
-      result = true
-      break
-    result = equalMem(bufA, bufB, readA)
-    if not result: break
-    if readA != bufSize: break # end of file
-  dealloc(bufA)
-  dealloc(bufB)
-  close(a)
-  close(b)
-
-proc copyFile*(dest, source: string) =
-  ## Copies a file from `source` to `dest`. If this fails,
-  ## `EOS` is raised.
-  when defined(Windows):
-    if CopyFileA(source, dest, 0'i32) == 0'i32: OSError()
-  else:
-    # generic version of copyFile which works for any platform:
-    const
-      bufSize = 8192 # 8K buffer
-    var
-      d, s: TFile
-    if not open(s, source): OSError()
-    if not open(d, dest, fmWrite):
-      close(s)
-      OSError()
-    var
-      buf: Pointer = alloc(bufsize)
-      bytesread, byteswritten: int
-    while True:
-      bytesread = readBuffer(s, buf, bufsize)
-      byteswritten = writeBuffer(d, buf, bytesread)
-      if bytesread != bufSize: break
-      if bytesread != bytesWritten: OSError()
-    dealloc(buf)
-    close(s)
-    close(d)
-
-proc moveFile*(dest, source: string) =
-  ## Moves a file from `source` to `dest`. If this fails, `EOS` is raised.
-  if crename(source, dest) != 0'i32: OSError()
-
-proc removeFile*(file: string) =
-  ## Removes the `file`. If this fails, `EOS` is raised.
-  if cremove(file) != 0'i32: OSError()
-
-proc executeShellCommand*(command: string): int {.deprecated.} =
-  ## **Deprecated since version 0.8.2**: Use `execShellCmd` instead.
-  result = csystem(command)
-
-proc execShellCmd*(command: string): int =
-  ## Executes a shell command.
-  ##
-  ## Command has the form 'program args' where args are the command
-  ## line arguments given to program. The proc returns the error code
-  ## of the shell when it has finished. The proc does not return until
-  ## the process has finished. To execute a program without having a
-  ## shell involved, use the `execProcess` proc of the `osproc`
-  ## module.
-  result = csystem(command)
-
-var
-  envComputed: bool = false
-  environment: seq[string] = @[]
-
-when defined(windows):
-  # because we support Windows GUI applications, things get really
-  # messy here...
-  proc strEnd(cstr: CString, c = 0'i32): CString {.
-    importc: "strchr", header: "<string.h>".}
-
-  proc getEnvVarsC() =
-    if not envComputed:
-      var
-        env = getEnvironmentStringsA()
-        e = env
-      if e == nil: return # an error occured
-      while True:
-        var eend = strEnd(e)
-        add(environment, $e)
-        e = cast[CString](cast[TAddress](eend)+1)
-        if eend[1] == '\0': break
-      envComputed = true
-      discard FreeEnvironmentStringsA(env)
-
-else:
-  var
-    gEnv {.importc: "gEnv".}: ptr array [0..10_000, CString]
-
-  proc getEnvVarsC() =
-    # retrieves the variables of char** env of C's main proc
-    if not envComputed:
-      var i = 0
-      while True:
-        if gEnv[i] == nil: break
-        add environment, $gEnv[i]
-        inc(i)
-      envComputed = true
-
-proc findEnvVar(key: string): int =
-  getEnvVarsC()
-  var temp = key & '='
-  for i in 0..high(environment):
-    if startsWith(environment[i], temp): return i
-  return -1
-
-proc getEnv*(key: string): string =
-  ## Returns the value of the environment variable named `key`.
-  ##
-  ## If the variable does not exist, "" is returned. To distinguish
-  ## whether a variable exists or it's value is just "", call
-  ## `existsEnv(key)`.
-  var i = findEnvVar(key)
-  if i >= 0:
-    return copy(environment[i], find(environment[i], '=')+1)
-  else:
-    var env = cgetenv(key)
-    if env == nil: return ""
-    result = $env
-
-proc existsEnv*(key: string): bool =
-  ## Checks whether the environment variable named `key` exists.
-  ## Returns true if it exists, false otherwise.
-  if cgetenv(key) != nil: return true
-  else: return findEnvVar(key) >= 0
-
-proc putEnv*(key, val: string) =
-  ## Sets the value of the environment variable named `key` to `val`.
-  ## If an error occurs, `EInvalidEnvVar` is raised.
-
-  # Note: by storing the string in the environment sequence,
-  # we gurantee that we don't free the memory before the program
-  # ends (this is needed for POSIX compliance). It is also needed so that
-  # the process itself may access its modified environment variables!
-  var indx = findEnvVar(key)
-  if indx >= 0:
-    environment[indx] = key & '=' & val
-  else:
-    add environment, (key & '=' & val)
-    indx = high(environment)
-  when defined(unix):
-    if cputenv(environment[indx]) != 0'i32:
-      OSError()
-  else:
-    if SetEnvironmentVariableA(key, val) == 0'i32:
-      OSError()
-
-iterator iterOverEnvironment*(): tuple[key, value: string] {.deprecated.} =
-  ## Iterate over all environments variables. In the first component of the
-  ## tuple is the name of the current variable stored, in the second its value.
-  ## **Deprecated since version 0.8.2**: Use `envPairs` instead.
-  getEnvVarsC()
-  for i in 0..high(environment):
-    var p = find(environment[i], '=')
-    yield (copy(environment[i], 0, p-1), copy(environment[i], p+1))
-
-iterator envPairs*(): tuple[key, value: string] =
-  ## Iterate over all environments variables. In the first component of the
-  ## tuple is the name of the current variable stored, in the second its value.
-  getEnvVarsC()
-  for i in 0..high(environment):
-    var p = find(environment[i], '=')
-    yield (copy(environment[i], 0, p-1), copy(environment[i], p+1))
-
-iterator walkFiles*(pattern: string): string =
-  ## Iterate over all the files that match the `pattern`.
-  ##
-  ## `pattern` is OS dependant, but at least the "\*.ext"
-  ## notation is supported.
-  when defined(windows):
-    var
-      f: TWin32FindData
-      res: int
-    res = findfirstFileA(pattern, f)
-    if res != -1:
-      while true:
-        if f.cFileName[0] != '.':
-          yield splitFile(pattern).dir / extractFilename($f.cFileName)
-        if findnextFileA(res, f) == 0'i32: break
-      findclose(res)
-  else: # here we use glob
-    var
-      f: TGlob
-      res: int
-    f.gl_offs = 0
-    f.gl_pathc = 0
-    f.gl_pathv = nil
-    res = glob(pattern, 0, nil, addr(f))
-    if res == 0:
-      for i in 0.. f.gl_pathc - 1:
-        assert(f.gl_pathv[i] != nil)
-        yield $f.gl_pathv[i]
-    globfree(addr(f))
-
-type
-  TPathComponent* = enum  ## Enumeration specifying a path component.
-    pcFile,               ## path refers to a file
-    pcLinkToFile,         ## path refers to a symbolic link to a file
-    pcDir,                ## path refers to a directory
-    pcLinkToDir           ## path refers to a symbolic link to a directory
-
-const
-  pcDirectory* {.deprecated.} = pcDir ## deprecated alias 
-  pcLinkToDirectory* {.deprecated.} = pcLinkToDir ## deprecated alias
-
-iterator walkDir*(dir: string): tuple[kind: TPathComponent, path: string] =
-  ## walks over the directory `dir` and yields for each directory or file in
-  ## `dir`. The component type and full path for each item is returned.
-  ## Walking is not recursive.
-  ## Example: This directory structure::
-  ##   dirA / dirB / fileB1.txt
-  ##        / dirC
-  ##        / fileA1.txt
-  ##        / fileA2.txt
-  ##
-  ## and this code:
-  ##
-  ## .. code-block:: Nimrod
-  ##     for kind, path in walkDir("dirA"):
-  ##       echo(path)
-  ##
-  ## produces this output (though not necessarily in this order!)::
-  ##   dirA/dirB
-  ##   dirA/dirC
-  ##   dirA/fileA1.txt
-  ##   dirA/fileA2.txt
-  when defined(windows):
-    var f: TWIN32_Find_Data
-    var h = findfirstFileA(dir / "*", f)
-    if h != -1:
-      while true:
-        var k = pcFile
-        if f.cFilename[0] != '.':
-          if (f.dwFileAttributes and FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) != 0'i32:
-            k = pcDir
-          yield (k, dir / extractFilename($f.cFilename))
-        if findnextFileA(h, f) == 0'i32: break
-      findclose(h)
-  else:
-    var d = openDir(dir)
-    if d != nil:
-      while true:
-        var x = readDir(d)
-        if x == nil: break
-        var y = $x.d_name
-        if y != "." and y != "..":
-          var s: TStat
-          y = dir / y
-          if stat(y, s) < 0'i32: break
-          var k = pcFile
-          if S_ISDIR(s.st_mode): k = pcDir
-          if S_ISLNK(s.st_mode): k = succ(k)
-          yield (k, y)
-      discard closeDir(d)
-
-iterator walkDirRec*(dir: string, filter={pcFile, pcDir}): string =
-  ## walks over the directory `dir` and yields for each file in `dir`. The 
-  ## full path for each file is returned.
-  ## Walking is recursive. `filter` controls the behaviour of the iterator:
-  ##
-  ## ---------------------   ---------------------------------------------
-  ## filter                  meaning
-  ## ---------------------   ---------------------------------------------
-  ## ``pcFile``              yield real files
-  ## ``pcLinkToFile``        yield symbolic links to files
-  ## ``pcDir``               follow real directories
-  ## ``pcLinkToDir``         follow symbolic links to directories
-  ## ---------------------   ---------------------------------------------
-  ## 
-  var stack = @[dir]
-  while stack.len > 0:
-    for k,p in walkDir(stack.pop()):
-      if k in filter:
-        case k
-        of pcFile, pcLinkToFile: yield p
-        of pcDir, pcLinkToDir: stack.add(p)
-
-proc rawRemoveDir(dir: string) = 
-  when defined(windows):
-    if RemoveDirectoryA(dir) == 0'i32: OSError()
-  else:
-    if rmdir(dir) != 0'i32: OSError()
-
-proc removeDir*(dir: string) =
-  ## Removes the directory `dir` including all subdirectories and files
-  ## in `dir` (recursively). If this fails, `EOS` is raised.
-  for kind, path in walkDir(dir): 
-    case kind
-    of pcFile, pcLinkToFile, pcLinkToDir: removeFile(path)
-    of pcDir: removeDir(path)
-  rawRemoveDir(dir)
-
-proc rawCreateDir(dir: string) =
-  when defined(unix):
-    if mkdir(dir, 0o711) != 0'i32 and errno != EEXIST:
-      OSError()
-  else:
-    if CreateDirectoryA(dir, nil) == 0'i32 and GetLastError() != 183'i32:
-      OSError()
-
-proc createDir*(dir: string) =
-  ## Creates the directory `dir`.
-  ##
-  ## The directory may contain several subdirectories that do not exist yet.
-  ## The full path is created. If this fails, `EOS` is raised. It does **not**
-  ## fail if the path already exists because for most usages this does not 
-  ## indicate an error.
-  for i in 1.. dir.len-1:
-    if dir[i] in {dirsep, altsep}: rawCreateDir(copy(dir, 0, i-1))
-  rawCreateDir(dir)
-
-proc parseCmdLine*(c: string): seq[string] =
-  ## Splits a command line into several components; components are separated by
-  ## whitespace unless the whitespace occurs within ``"`` or ``'`` quotes. 
-  ## This proc is only occassionally useful, better use the `parseopt` module.
-  result = @[]
-  var i = 0
-  var a = ""
-  while true:
-    setLen(a, 0)
-    while c[i] >= '\1' and c[i] <= ' ': inc(i) # skip whitespace
-    case c[i]
-    of '\'', '\"':
-      var delim = c[i]
-      inc(i) # skip ' or "
-      while c[i] != '\0' and c[i] != delim:
-        add a, c[i]
-        inc(i)
-      if c[i] != '\0': inc(i)
-    of '\0': break
-    else:
-      while c[i] > ' ':
-        add(a, c[i])
-        inc(i)
-    add(result, a)
-
-type
-  TFilePermission* = enum  ## file access permission; modelled after UNIX
-    fpUserExec,            ## execute access for the file owner
-    fpUserWrite,           ## write access for the file owner
-    fpUserRead,            ## read access for the file owner
-    fpGroupExec,           ## execute access for the group
-    fpGroupWrite,          ## write access for the group
-    fpGroupRead,           ## read access for the group
-    fpOthersExec,          ## execute access for others
-    fpOthersWrite,         ## write access for others
-    fpOthersRead           ## read access for others
-
-proc getFilePermissions*(filename: string): set[TFilePermission] =
-  ## retrieves file permissions for `filename`. `OSError` is raised in case of
-  ## an error. On Windows, only the ``readonly`` flag is checked, every other
-  ## permission is available in any case.
-  when defined(posix):
-    var a: TStat
-    if stat(filename, a) < 0'i32: OSError()
-    result = {}
-    if (a.st_mode and S_IRUSR) != 0'i32: result.incl(fpUserRead)
-    if (a.st_mode and S_IWUSR) != 0'i32: result.incl(fpUserWrite)
-    if (a.st_mode and S_IXUSR) != 0'i32: result.incl(fpUserExec)
-
-    if (a.st_mode and S_IRGRP) != 0'i32: result.incl(fpGroupRead)
-    if (a.st_mode and S_IWGRP) != 0'i32: result.incl(fpGroupWrite)
-    if (a.st_mode and S_IXGRP) != 0'i32: result.incl(fpGroupExec)
-
-    if (a.st_mode and S_IROTH) != 0'i32: result.incl(fpOthersRead)
-    if (a.st_mode and S_IWOTH) != 0'i32: result.incl(fpOthersWrite)
-    if (a.st_mode and S_IXOTH) != 0'i32: result.incl(fpOthersExec)
-  else:
-    var res = GetFileAttributesA(filename)
-    if res == -1'i32: OSError()
-    if (res and FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY) != 0'i32:
-      result = {fpUserExec, fpUserRead, fpGroupExec, fpGroupRead, 
-                fpOthersExec, fpOthersRead}
-    else:
-      result = {fpUserExec..fpOthersRead}
-  
-proc setFilePermissions*(filename: string, permissions: set[TFilePermission]) =
-  ## sets the file permissions for `filename`. `OSError` is raised in case of
-  ## an error. On Windows, only the ``readonly`` flag is changed, depending on
-  ## ``fpUserWrite``.
-  when defined(posix):
-    var p = 0'i32
-    if fpUserRead in permissions: p = p or S_IRUSR
-    if fpUserWrite in permissions: p = p or S_IWUSR
-    if fpUserExec in permissions: p = p or S_IXUSR
-    
-    if fpGroupRead in permissions: p = p or S_IRGRP
-    if fpGroupWrite in permissions: p = p or S_IWGRP
-    if fpGroupExec in permissions: p = p or S_IXGRP
-    
-    if fpOthersRead in permissions: p = p or S_IROTH
-    if fpOthersWrite in permissions: p = p or S_IWOTH
-    if fpOthersExec in permissions: p = p or S_IXOTH
-    
-    if chmod(filename, p) != 0: OSError()
-  else:
-    var res = GetFileAttributesA(filename)
-    if res == -1'i32: OSError()
-    if fpUserWrite in permissions: 
-      res = res and not FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY
-    else:
-      res = res or FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY
-    if SetFileAttributesA(filename, res) != 0'i32: 
-      OSError()
-  
-proc inclFilePermissions*(filename: string, 
-                          permissions: set[TFilePermission]) =
-  ## a convenience procedure for: 
-  ##
-  ## .. code-block:: nimrod
-  ##   setFilePermissions(filename, getFilePermissions(filename)+permissions)
-  setFilePermissions(filename, getFilePermissions(filename)+permissions)
-
-proc exclFilePermissions*(filename: string, 
-                          permissions: set[TFilePermission]) =
-  ## a convenience procedure for: 
-  ##
-  ## .. code-block:: nimrod
-  ##   setFilePermissions(filename, getFilePermissions(filename)-permissions)
-  setFilePermissions(filename, getFilePermissions(filename)-permissions)
-
-proc getHomeDir*(): string =
-  ## Returns the home directory of the current user.
-  when defined(windows): return getEnv("USERPROFILE") & "\\"
-  else: return getEnv("HOME") & "/"
-
-proc getConfigDir*(): string =
-  ## Returns the config directory of the current user for applications.
-  when defined(windows): return getEnv("APPDATA") & "\\"
-  else: return getEnv("HOME") & "/.config/"
-
-when defined(windows):
-  # Since we support GUI applications with Nimrod, we sometimes generate
-  # a WinMain entry proc. But a WinMain proc has no access to the parsed
-  # command line arguments. The way to get them differs. Thus we parse them
-  # ourselves. This has the additional benefit that the program's behaviour
-  # is always the same -- independent of the used C compiler.
-  var
-    ownArgv: seq[string]
-
-  proc paramStr(i: int): string =
-    if isNil(ownArgv): ownArgv = parseCmdLine($getCommandLineA())
-    return ownArgv[i]
-
-  proc paramCount(): int =
-    if isNil(ownArgv): ownArgv = parseCmdLine($getCommandLineA())
-    result = ownArgv.len-1
-
-else:
-  var
-    cmdCount {.importc: "cmdCount".}: cint
-    cmdLine {.importc: "cmdLine".}: cstringArray
-
-  proc paramStr(i: int): string =
-    if i < cmdCount and i >= 0: return $cmdLine[i]
-    raise newException(EInvalidIndex, "invalid index")
-
-  proc paramCount(): int = return cmdCount-1
-
-when defined(linux) or defined(solaris) or defined(bsd) or defined(aix):
-  proc getApplAux(procPath: string): string =
-    result = newString(256)
-    var len = readlink(procPath, result, 256)
-    if len > 256:
-      result = newString(len+1)
-      len = readlink(procPath, result, len)
-    setlen(result, len)
-
-when defined(macosx):
-  # a really hacky solution: since we like to include 2 headers we have to
-  # define two procs which in reality are the same
-  proc getExecPath1(c: cstring, size: var int32) {.
-    importc: "_NSGetExecutablePath", header: "<sys/param.h>".}
-  proc getExecPath2(c: cstring, size: var int32): bool {.
-    importc: "_NSGetExecutablePath", header: "<mach-o/dyld.h>".}
-
-proc getApplicationFilename*(): string =
-  ## Returns the filename of the application's executable.
-
-  # Linux: /proc/<pid>/exe
-  # Solaris:
-  # /proc/<pid>/object/a.out (filename only)
-  # /proc/<pid>/path/a.out (complete pathname)
-  # *BSD (and maybe Darwin too):
-  # /proc/<pid>/file
-  when defined(windows):
-    result = newString(256)
-    var len = getModuleFileNameA(0, result, 256)
-    setlen(result, int(len))
-  elif defined(linux) or defined(aix):
-    result = getApplAux("/proc/self/exe")
-  elif defined(solaris):
-    result = getApplAux("/proc/" & $getpid() & "/path/a.out")
-  elif defined(bsd):
-    result = getApplAux("/proc/" & $getpid() & "/file")
-  elif defined(macosx):
-    var size: int32
-    getExecPath1(nil, size)
-    result = newString(int(size))
-    if getExecPath2(result, size):
-      result = "" # error!
-  else:
-    # little heuristic that may work on other POSIX-like systems:
-    result = getEnv("_")
-    if len(result) == 0:
-      result = ParamStr(0) # POSIX guaranties that this contains the executable
-                           # as it has been executed by the calling process
-      if len(result) > 0 and result[0] != DirSep: # not an absolute path?
-        # iterate over any path in the $PATH environment variable
-        for p in split(getEnv("PATH"), {PathSep}):
-          var x = joinPath(p, result)
-          if ExistsFile(x): return x
-
-proc getApplicationDir*(): string =
-  ## Returns the directory of the application's executable.
-  result = splitFile(getApplicationFilename()).dir
-
-proc sleep*(milsecs: int) =
-  ## sleeps `milsecs` milliseconds.
-  when defined(windows):
-    winlean.sleep(int32(milsecs))
-  else:
-    var a, b: Ttimespec
-    a.tv_sec = TTime(milsecs div 1000)
-    a.tv_nsec = (milsecs mod 1000) * 1000
-    discard posix.nanosleep(a, b)
-
-{.pop.}