ENH: Add method to find file in parent directories if it exists

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx
index 4c4a941..d15181b 100644
--- a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx
@@ -2071,6 +2071,29 @@ bool SystemTools::IsSubDirectory(const char* cSubdir, const char* cDir)
   return false;
 }
 
+kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::FileExistsInParentDirectories(const char* fname,
+  const char* directory, const char* toplevel)
+{
+  kwsys_stl::string file = fname;
+  SystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(file);
+  kwsys_stl::string dir = directory;
+  SystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(dir);
+  while ( 1 )
+    {
+    kwsys_stl::string path = dir + "/" + file;
+    if ( SystemTools::FileExists(path.c_str()) )
+      {
+      return path;
+      }
+    if ( dir.size() < strlen(toplevel) )
+      {
+      break;
+      }
+    dir = SystemTools::GetParentDirectory(dir.c_str());
+    }
+  return "";
+}
+
 // These must NOT be initialized.  Default initialization to zero is
 // necessary.
 unsigned int SystemToolsManagerCount;