BUG: allow split string to know if it is separating a path

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmSystemTools.h b/Source/cmSystemTools.h
index a5046e4..43a5daf 100644
--- a/Source/cmSystemTools.h
+++ b/Source/cmSystemTools.h
@@ -279,8 +279,13 @@ public:
   */
   static std::string RelativePath(const char* local, const char* remote);
   
-  ///! split a path by separator into an array of strings, default is /
-  static std::vector<cmStdString> SplitString(const char* s, char separator = '/');
+  /** split a path by separator into an array of strings, default is /.
+      If isPath is true then the string is treated like a path and if
+      s starts with a / then the first element of the returned array will
+      be /, so /foo/bar will be [/, foo, bar]
+  */  
+  static std::vector<cmStdString> SplitString(const char* s, char separator = '/', 
+                                              bool isPath = false);
   /** put a string into the environment
       of the form var=value */
   static bool PutEnv(const char* value);