From 72b5b48040ed65fdb54b8ffeb3326b456586b8c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: KWSys Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:09:11 -0400
Subject: KWSys 2014-10-31 (88c8cc7f)

Extract upstream KWSys using the following shell commands.

$ git archive --prefix=upstream-kwsys/ 88c8cc7f | tar x
$ git shortlog --no-merges --abbrev=8 --format='%h %s' 29ffaf43..88c8cc7f
Ben Boeckel (11):
      9bf03363 Avoid if() quoted auto-dereference
      771e0f22 DynamicLoader: use strings for arguments
      86e20d68 Directory: remove extra define
      6cc24510 SystemTools: use strings in environment functions
      bab5b1f2 SystemTools: add string overload for ReplaceString
      f3fb01cf SystemTools: use strings for path-related APIs
      0dfbe56d SystemTools: use strings for making C identifiers
      4690fc8d SystemTools: use strings in registry function
      1b762a41 SystemTools: search for characters
      4a060347 SystemInformation: use %ls for WCHAR* format specifiers
      d31f7b12 SystemTools: remove unused variable

Brad King (1):
      88c8cc7f Fix configure_file call to use COPYONLY, not COPY_ONLY

Clinton Stimpson (1):
      5bf91dda SystemTools:  Use extended length path for copying files.

Change-Id: I16e8e55dea1c171c04f9c7d04ae3c575531097c3
---
 CMakeLists.txt        |   6 +-
 Directory.hxx.in      |   2 -
 DynamicLoader.cxx     |  66 +++++++-------
 DynamicLoader.hxx.in  |  15 +++-
 Glob.cxx              |   2 +-
 SystemInformation.cxx |   6 +-
 SystemTools.cxx       | 233 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 SystemTools.hxx.in    |  51 +++++++----
 testSystemTools.cxx   |   4 +-
 9 files changed, 250 insertions(+), 135 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ca4360..2292d64 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}"
   KWSYS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD)
 IF(NOT KWSYS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD)
   CONFIGURE_FILE(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/kwsysPrivate.h
-    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/kwsysPrivate.h COPY_ONLY IMMEDIATE)
+    ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/kwsysPrivate.h COPYONLY IMMEDIATE)
 ENDIF(NOT KWSYS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD)
 
 # Select plugin module file name convention.
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ ENDIF(KWSYS_ENABLE_C AND KWSYS_C_SRCS)
 ADD_DEFINITIONS("-DKWSYS_NAMESPACE=${KWSYS_NAMESPACE}")
 
 # Disable deprecation warnings for standard C functions.
-IF(MSVC OR (WIN32 AND "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "^(Intel)$"))
+IF(MSVC OR (WIN32 AND CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel"))
   ADD_DEFINITIONS(
     -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE
     -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ IF(KWSYS_STANDALONE OR CMake_SOURCE_DIR)
     ENDFOREACH(n)
 
     # Some Apple compilers produce bad optimizations in this source.
-    IF(APPLE AND "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "^(GNU|LLVM)$")
+    IF(APPLE AND CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "^(GNU|LLVM)$")
       SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(testProcess.c PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -O0)
     ELSEIF(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "XL")
       # Tell IBM XL not to warn about our test infinite loop
diff --git a/Directory.hxx.in b/Directory.hxx.in
index 0acb191..1bcf90e 100644
--- a/Directory.hxx.in
+++ b/Directory.hxx.in
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 /* Define these macros temporarily to keep the code readable.  */
 #if !defined (KWSYS_NAMESPACE) && !@KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_NAME_IS_KWSYS
 # define kwsys_stl @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_stl
-# define kwsys_ios @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_ios
 #endif
 
 namespace @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ private:
 /* Undefine temporary macros.  */
 #if !defined (KWSYS_NAMESPACE) && !@KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_NAME_IS_KWSYS
 # undef kwsys_stl
-# undef kwsys_ios
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/DynamicLoader.cxx b/DynamicLoader.cxx
index 44cf6af..66c7d57 100644
--- a/DynamicLoader.cxx
+++ b/DynamicLoader.cxx
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
 {
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const char* libname )
+DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const kwsys_stl::string& libname )
 {
-  return shl_load(libname, BIND_DEFERRED | DYNAMIC_PATH, 0L);
+  return shl_load(libname.c_str(), BIND_DEFERRED | DYNAMIC_PATH, 0L);
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ int DynamicLoader::CloseLibrary(DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib)
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DynamicLoader::SymbolPointer
-DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib, const char* sym)
+DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib, const kwsys_stl::string& sym)
 {
   void* addr;
   int status;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib, const char* sy
    * TYPE_DATA      Look for a symbol in the data segment (for example, variables).
    * TYPE_UNDEFINED Look for any symbol.
    */
-  status = shl_findsym (&lib, sym, TYPE_UNDEFINED, &addr);
+  status = shl_findsym (&lib, sym.c_str(), TYPE_UNDEFINED, &addr);
   void* result = (status < 0) ? (void*)0 : addr;
 
   // Hack to cast pointer-to-data to pointer-to-function.
@@ -111,18 +111,18 @@ namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
 {
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const char* libname )
+DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const kwsys_stl::string& libname )
 {
   NSObjectFileImageReturnCode rc;
   NSObjectFileImage image = 0;
 
-  rc = NSCreateObjectFileImageFromFile(libname, &image);
+  rc = NSCreateObjectFileImageFromFile(libname.c_str(), &image);
   // rc == NSObjectFileImageInappropriateFile when trying to load a dylib file
   if( rc != NSObjectFileImageSuccess )
     {
     return 0;
     }
-  NSModule handle = NSLinkModule(image, libname,
+  NSModule handle = NSLinkModule(image, libname.c_str(),
     NSLINKMODULE_OPTION_BINDNOW|NSLINKMODULE_OPTION_RETURN_ON_ERROR);
   NSDestroyObjectFileImage(image);
   return handle;
@@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ int DynamicLoader::CloseLibrary( DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib)
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DynamicLoader::SymbolPointer DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(
-  DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib, const char* sym)
+  DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib, const kwsys_stl::string& sym)
 {
   void *result=0;
   // Need to prepend symbols with '_' on Apple-gcc compilers
-  size_t len = strlen(sym);
+  size_t len = sym.size();
   char *rsym = new char[len + 1 + 1];
   strcpy(rsym, "_");
-  strcat(rsym+1, sym);
+  strcat(rsym+1, sym.c_str());
 
   NSSymbol symbol = NSLookupSymbolInModule(lib, rsym);
   if(symbol)
@@ -183,13 +183,13 @@ namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
 {
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const char* libname)
+DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const kwsys_stl::string& libname)
 {
   DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lh;
-  int length = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, libname, -1, NULL, 0);
+  int length = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, libname.c_str(), -1, NULL, 0);
   wchar_t* wchars = new wchar_t[length+1];
   wchars[0] = '\0';
-  MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, libname, -1, wchars, length);
+  MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, libname.c_str(), -1, wchars, length);
   lh = LoadLibraryW(wchars);
   delete [] wchars;
   return lh;
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ int DynamicLoader::CloseLibrary(DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib)
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DynamicLoader::SymbolPointer DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(
-  DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib, const char* sym)
+  DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib, const kwsys_stl::string& sym)
 {
   // TODO: The calling convention affects the name of the symbol.  We
   // should have a tool to help get the symbol with the desired
@@ -230,12 +230,12 @@ DynamicLoader::SymbolPointer DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(
   void *result;
 #if defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined(__WATCOMC__)
   // Need to prepend symbols with '_'
-  size_t len = strlen(sym);
+  size_t len = sym.size();
   char *rsym = new char[len + 1 + 1];
   strcpy(rsym, "_");
-  strcat(rsym, sym);
+  strcat(rsym, sym.c_str());
 #else
-  const char *rsym = sym;
+  const char *rsym = sym.c_str();
 #endif
   result = (void*)GetProcAddress(lib, rsym);
 #if defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined(__WATCOMC__)
@@ -298,11 +298,11 @@ namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
 static image_id last_dynamic_err = B_OK;
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const char* libname )
+DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const kwsys_stl::string& libname )
 {
   // image_id's are integers, errors are negative. Add one just in case we
   //  get a valid image_id of zero (is that even possible?).
-  image_id rc = load_add_on(libname);
+  image_id rc = load_add_on(libname.c_str());
   if (rc < 0)
     {
     last_dynamic_err = rc;
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ int DynamicLoader::CloseLibrary(DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib)
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DynamicLoader::SymbolPointer DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(
-  DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib, const char* sym)
+  DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib, const kwsys_stl::string& sym)
 {
   // Hack to cast pointer-to-data to pointer-to-function.
   union 
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ DynamicLoader::SymbolPointer DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(
     // !!! FIXME: BeOS can do function-only lookups...does this ever
     // !!! FIXME:  actually _want_ a data symbol lookup, or was this union
     // !!! FIXME:  a leftover of dlsym()? (s/ANY/TEXT for functions only).
-    status_t rc = get_image_symbol(lib-1,sym,B_SYMBOL_TYPE_ANY,&result.pvoid);
+    status_t rc = get_image_symbol(lib-1,sym.c_str(),B_SYMBOL_TYPE_ANY,&result.pvoid);
     if (rc != B_OK)
       {
       last_dynamic_err = rc;
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
 {
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const char* libname )
+DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const kwsys_stl::string& libname )
 {
   return 0;
 }
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ int DynamicLoader::CloseLibrary(DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib)
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DynamicLoader::SymbolPointer DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(
-    DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib, const char* sym)
+    DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib, const kwsys_stl::string& sym)
 {
   return 0;
 }
@@ -433,12 +433,12 @@ namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
 {
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const char* libname )
+DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const kwsys_stl::string& libname )
 {
-  char *name = (char *)calloc(1, strlen(libname) + 1);
+  char *name = (char *)calloc(1, libname.size() + 1);
   dld_init(program_invocation_name);
-  strncpy(name, libname, strlen(libname));
-  dld_link(libname);
+  strncpy(name, libname.c_str(), libname.size());
+  dld_link(libname.c_str());
   return (void *)name;
 }
 
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ int DynamicLoader::CloseLibrary(DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib)
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DynamicLoader::SymbolPointer DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(
-  DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib, const char* sym)
+  DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib, const kwsys_stl::string& sym)
 {
   // Hack to cast pointer-to-data to pointer-to-function.
   union
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ DynamicLoader::SymbolPointer DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(
     void* pvoid;
     DynamicLoader::SymbolPointer psym;
   } result;
-  result.pvoid = dld_get_symbol(sym);
+  result.pvoid = dld_get_symbol(sym.c_str());
   return result.psym;
 }
 
@@ -485,9 +485,9 @@ namespace KWSYS_NAMESPACE
 {
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const char* libname )
+DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle DynamicLoader::OpenLibrary(const kwsys_stl::string& libname )
 {
-  return dlopen(libname, RTLD_LAZY);
+  return dlopen(libname.c_str(), RTLD_LAZY);
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ int DynamicLoader::CloseLibrary(DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib)
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DynamicLoader::SymbolPointer DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(
-  DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib, const char* sym)
+  DynamicLoader::LibraryHandle lib, const kwsys_stl::string& sym)
 {
   // Hack to cast pointer-to-data to pointer-to-function.
   union 
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ DynamicLoader::SymbolPointer DynamicLoader::GetSymbolAddress(
     void* pvoid;
     DynamicLoader::SymbolPointer psym;
   } result;
-  result.pvoid = dlsym(lib, sym);
+  result.pvoid = dlsym(lib, sym.c_str());
   return result.psym;
 }
 
diff --git a/DynamicLoader.hxx.in b/DynamicLoader.hxx.in
index 64468ec..75811ab 100644
--- a/DynamicLoader.hxx.in
+++ b/DynamicLoader.hxx.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #define @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_DynamicLoader_hxx
 
 #include <@KWSYS_NAMESPACE@/Configure.h>
+#include <@KWSYS_NAMESPACE@/stl/string>
 
 #if defined(__hpux)
   #include <dl.h>
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@
   #include <be/kernel/image.h>
 #endif
 
+/* Define these macros temporarily to keep the code readable.  */
+#if !defined (KWSYS_NAMESPACE) && !@KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_NAME_IS_KWSYS
+# define kwsys_stl @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_stl
+#endif
+
 namespace @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@
 {
 /** \class DynamicLoader
@@ -77,14 +83,14 @@ public:
   /** Load a dynamic library into the current process.
    * The returned LibraryHandle can be used to access the symbols in the
    * library. */
-  static LibraryHandle OpenLibrary(const char*);
+  static LibraryHandle OpenLibrary(const kwsys_stl::string&);
 
   /** Attempt to detach a dynamic library from the
    * process.  A value of true is returned if it is sucessful. */
   static int CloseLibrary(LibraryHandle);
 
   /** Find the address of the symbol in the given library. */
-  static SymbolPointer GetSymbolAddress(LibraryHandle, const char*);
+  static SymbolPointer GetSymbolAddress(LibraryHandle, const kwsys_stl::string&);
 
   /** Return the default module prefix for the current platform.  */
   static const char* LibPrefix() { return "@KWSYS_DynamicLoader_PREFIX@"; }
@@ -98,4 +104,9 @@ public:
 
 } // namespace @KWSYS_NAMESPACE@
 
+/* Undefine temporary macros.  */
+#if !defined (KWSYS_NAMESPACE) && !@KWSYS_NAMESPACE@_NAME_IS_KWSYS
+# undef kwsys_stl
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/Glob.cxx b/Glob.cxx
index 0916d2e..5a96aed 100644
--- a/Glob.cxx
+++ b/Glob.cxx
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ void Glob::AddFile(kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string>& files, const kwsys_stl:
 {
   if ( !this->Relative.empty() )
     {
-    files.push_back(kwsys::SystemTools::RelativePath(this->Relative.c_str(), file.c_str()));
+    files.push_back(kwsys::SystemTools::RelativePath(this->Relative, file));
     }
   else
     {
diff --git a/SystemInformation.cxx b/SystemInformation.cxx
index 84b5f39..d23c248 100644
--- a/SystemInformation.cxx
+++ b/SystemInformation.cxx
@@ -5156,7 +5156,7 @@ bool SystemInformationImplementation::QueryOSInformation()
             }
           }
 
-        sprintf (operatingSystem, "%s (Build %ld)", osvi.szCSDVersion, osvi.dwBuildNumber & 0xFFFF);
+        sprintf (operatingSystem, "%ls (Build %ld)", osvi.szCSDVersion, osvi.dwBuildNumber & 0xFFFF);
         this->OSVersion = operatingSystem;
         }
       else
@@ -5205,7 +5205,7 @@ bool SystemInformationImplementation::QueryOSInformation()
       if (osvi.dwMajorVersion <= 4)
         {
         // NB: NT 4.0 and earlier.
-        sprintf (operatingSystem, "version %ld.%ld %s (Build %ld)",
+        sprintf (operatingSystem, "version %ld.%ld %ls (Build %ld)",
                  osvi.dwMajorVersion,
                  osvi.dwMinorVersion,
                  osvi.szCSDVersion,
@@ -5236,7 +5236,7 @@ bool SystemInformationImplementation::QueryOSInformation()
       else
         {
         // Windows 2000 and everything else.
-        sprintf (operatingSystem,"%s (Build %ld)", osvi.szCSDVersion, osvi.dwBuildNumber & 0xFFFF);
+        sprintf (operatingSystem,"%ls (Build %ld)", osvi.szCSDVersion, osvi.dwBuildNumber & 0xFFFF);
         this->OSVersion = operatingSystem;
         }
       break;
diff --git a/SystemTools.cxx b/SystemTools.cxx
index b1221e3..e4c82d8 100644
--- a/SystemTools.cxx
+++ b/SystemTools.cxx
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ inline int Rmdir(const kwsys_stl::string& dir)
 inline const char* Getcwd(char* buf, unsigned int len)
 {
   std::vector<wchar_t> w_buf(len);
-  if(const wchar_t* ret = _wgetcwd(&w_buf[0], len))
+  if(_wgetcwd(&w_buf[0], len))
     {
     // make sure the drive letter is capital
     if(wcslen(&w_buf[0]) > 1 && w_buf[1] == L':')
@@ -385,6 +385,11 @@ const char* SystemTools::GetEnv(const char* key)
   return getenv(key);
 }
 
+const char* SystemTools::GetEnv(const kwsys_stl::string& key)
+{
+  return SystemTools::GetEnv(key.c_str());
+}
+
 bool SystemTools::GetEnv(const char* key, kwsys_stl::string& result)
 {
   const char* v = getenv(key);
@@ -399,6 +404,11 @@ bool SystemTools::GetEnv(const char* key, kwsys_stl::string& result)
     }
 }
 
+bool SystemTools::GetEnv(const kwsys_stl::string& key, kwsys_stl::string& result)
+{
+  return SystemTools::GetEnv(key.c_str(), result);
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #if defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__GLIBC__)
@@ -410,27 +420,28 @@ bool SystemTools::GetEnv(const char* key, kwsys_stl::string& result)
 #if KWSYS_CXX_HAS_UNSETENV
 /* unsetenv("A") removes A from the environment.
    On older platforms it returns void instead of int.  */
-static int kwsysUnPutEnv(const char* env)
+static int kwsysUnPutEnv(const kwsys_stl::string& env)
 {
-  if(const char* eq = strchr(env, '='))
+  size_t pos = env.find('=');
+  if(pos != env.npos)
     {
-    std::string name(env, eq-env);
+    std::string name = env.substr(0, pos);
     unsetenv(name.c_str());
     }
   else
     {
-    unsetenv(env);
+    unsetenv(env.c_str());
     }
   return 0;
 }
 
 #elif defined(KWSYS_PUTENV_EMPTY) || defined(KWSYS_PUTENV_NAME)
 /* putenv("A=") or putenv("A") removes A from the environment.  */
-static int kwsysUnPutEnv(const char* env)
+static int kwsysUnPutEnv(const kwsys_stl::string& env)
 {
   int err = 0;
-  const char* eq = strchr(env, '=');
-  size_t const len = eq? (size_t)(eq-env) : strlen(env);
+  size_t pos = env.find('=');
+  size_t const len = pos == env.npos ? env.size() : pos;
 # ifdef KWSYS_PUTENV_EMPTY
   size_t const sz = len + 2;
 # else
@@ -442,7 +453,7 @@ static int kwsysUnPutEnv(const char* env)
     {
     return -1;
     }
-  strncpy(buf, env, len);
+  strncpy(buf, env.c_str(), len);
 # ifdef KWSYS_PUTENV_EMPTY
   buf[len] = '=';
   buf[len+1] = 0;
@@ -471,17 +482,17 @@ static int kwsysUnPutEnv(const char* env)
 
 #else
 /* Manipulate the "environ" global directly.  */
-static int kwsysUnPutEnv(const char* env)
+static int kwsysUnPutEnv(const kwsys_stl::string& env)
 {
-  const char* eq = strchr(env, '=');
-  size_t const len = eq? (size_t)(eq-env) : strlen(env);
+  size_t pos = env.find('=');
+  size_t const len = pos == env.npos ? env.size() : pos;
   int in = 0;
   int out = 0;
   while(environ[in])
     {
     if(strlen(environ[in]) > len &&
        environ[in][len] == '=' &&
-       strncmp(env, environ[in], len) == 0)
+       strncmp(env.c_str(), environ[in], len) == 0)
       {
       ++in;
       }
@@ -504,12 +515,13 @@ static int kwsysUnPutEnv(const char* env)
 
 /* setenv("A", "B", 1) will set A=B in the environment and makes its
    own copies of the strings.  */
-bool SystemTools::PutEnv(const char* env)
+bool SystemTools::PutEnv(const kwsys_stl::string& env)
 {
-  if(const char* eq = strchr(env, '='))
+  size_t pos = env.find('=');
+  if(pos != env.npos)
     {
-    std::string name(env, eq-env);
-    return setenv(name.c_str(), eq+1, 1) == 0;
+    std::string name = env.substr(0, pos);
+    return setenv(name.c_str(), env.c_str() + pos + 1, 1) == 0;
     }
   else
     {
@@ -517,7 +529,7 @@ bool SystemTools::PutEnv(const char* env)
     }
 }
 
-bool SystemTools::UnPutEnv(const char* env)
+bool SystemTools::UnPutEnv(const kwsys_stl::string& env)
 {
   return kwsysUnPutEnv(env) == 0;
 }
@@ -603,14 +615,14 @@ public:
 
 static kwsysEnv kwsysEnvInstance;
 
-bool SystemTools::PutEnv(const char* env)
+bool SystemTools::PutEnv(const kwsys_stl::string& env)
 {
-  return kwsysEnvInstance.Put(env);
+  return kwsysEnvInstance.Put(env.c_str());
 }
 
-bool SystemTools::UnPutEnv(const char* env)
+bool SystemTools::UnPutEnv(const kwsys_stl::string& env)
 {
-  return kwsysEnvInstance.UnPut(env);
+  return kwsysEnvInstance.UnPut(env.c_str());
 }
 
 #endif
@@ -689,8 +701,35 @@ bool SystemTools::MakeDirectory(const kwsys_stl::string& path)
 // replace replace with with as many times as it shows up in source.
 // write the result into source.
 void SystemTools::ReplaceString(kwsys_stl::string& source,
-                                   const char* replace,
-                                   const char* with)
+                                const kwsys_stl::string& replace,
+                                const kwsys_stl::string& with)
+{
+  // do while hangs if replaceSize is 0
+  if (replace.empty())
+    {
+    return;
+    }
+
+  SystemTools::ReplaceString(source, replace.c_str(), replace.size(), with);
+}
+
+void SystemTools::ReplaceString(kwsys_stl::string& source,
+                                const char* replace,
+                                const char* with)
+{
+  // do while hangs if replaceSize is 0
+  if (!*replace)
+    {
+    return;
+    }
+
+  SystemTools::ReplaceString(source, replace, strlen(replace), with ? with : "");
+}
+
+void SystemTools::ReplaceString(kwsys_stl::string& source,
+                                const char* replace,
+                                size_t replaceSize,
+                                const kwsys_stl::string& with)
 {
   const char *src = source.c_str();
   char *searchPos = const_cast<char *>(strstr(src,replace));
@@ -702,12 +741,6 @@ void SystemTools::ReplaceString(kwsys_stl::string& source,
     }
 
   // perform replacements until done
-  size_t replaceSize = strlen(replace);
-  // do while hangs if replaceSize is 0
-  if(replaceSize == 0)
-    {
-    return;
-    }
   char *orig = strdup(src);
   char *currentPos = orig;
   searchPos = searchPos - src + orig;
@@ -739,20 +772,20 @@ void SystemTools::ReplaceString(kwsys_stl::string& source,
 #endif
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
-static bool SystemToolsParseRegistryKey(const char* key,
+static bool SystemToolsParseRegistryKey(const kwsys_stl::string& key,
                                         HKEY& primaryKey,
                                         kwsys_stl::string& second,
                                         kwsys_stl::string& valuename)
 {
   kwsys_stl::string primary = key;
 
-  size_t start = primary.find("\\");
+  size_t start = primary.find('\\');
   if (start == kwsys_stl::string::npos)
     {
     return false;
     }
 
-  size_t valuenamepos = primary.find(";");
+  size_t valuenamepos = primary.find(';');
   if (valuenamepos != kwsys_stl::string::npos)
     {
     valuename = primary.substr(valuenamepos+1);
@@ -810,7 +843,7 @@ static DWORD SystemToolsMakeRegistryMode(DWORD mode,
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 bool
-SystemTools::GetRegistrySubKeys(const char *key,
+SystemTools::GetRegistrySubKeys(const kwsys_stl::string& key,
                                 kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string>& subkeys,
                                 KeyWOW64 view)
 {
@@ -849,7 +882,7 @@ SystemTools::GetRegistrySubKeys(const char *key,
   return true;
 }
 #else
-bool SystemTools::GetRegistrySubKeys(const char *,
+bool SystemTools::GetRegistrySubKeys(const kwsys_stl::string&,
                                      kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string>&,
                                      KeyWOW64)
 {
@@ -865,7 +898,7 @@ bool SystemTools::GetRegistrySubKeys(const char *,
 //      =>  will return the data of the "Root" value of the key
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
-bool SystemTools::ReadRegistryValue(const char *key, kwsys_stl::string &value,
+bool SystemTools::ReadRegistryValue(const kwsys_stl::string& key, kwsys_stl::string &value,
                                     KeyWOW64 view)
 {
   bool valueset = false;
@@ -922,7 +955,7 @@ bool SystemTools::ReadRegistryValue(const char *key, kwsys_stl::string &value,
   return valueset;
 }
 #else
-bool SystemTools::ReadRegistryValue(const char *, kwsys_stl::string &,
+bool SystemTools::ReadRegistryValue(const kwsys_stl::string&, kwsys_stl::string &,
                                     KeyWOW64)
 {
   return false;
@@ -938,7 +971,8 @@ bool SystemTools::ReadRegistryValue(const char *, kwsys_stl::string &,
 //      =>  will set the data of the "Root" value of the key
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
-bool SystemTools::WriteRegistryValue(const char *key, const char *value,
+bool SystemTools::WriteRegistryValue(const kwsys_stl::string& key,
+                                     const kwsys_stl::string& value,
                                      KeyWOW64 view)
 {
   HKEY primaryKey = HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
@@ -978,7 +1012,7 @@ bool SystemTools::WriteRegistryValue(const char *key, const char *value,
   return false;
 }
 #else
-bool SystemTools::WriteRegistryValue(const char *, const char *, KeyWOW64)
+bool SystemTools::WriteRegistryValue(const kwsys_stl::string&, const kwsys_stl::string&, KeyWOW64)
 {
   return false;
 }
@@ -992,7 +1026,7 @@ bool SystemTools::WriteRegistryValue(const char *, const char *, KeyWOW64)
 //      =>  will delete  the data of the "Root" value of the key
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
-bool SystemTools::DeleteRegistryValue(const char *key, KeyWOW64 view)
+bool SystemTools::DeleteRegistryValue(const kwsys_stl::string& key, KeyWOW64 view)
 {
   HKEY primaryKey = HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
   kwsys_stl::string second;
@@ -1023,7 +1057,7 @@ bool SystemTools::DeleteRegistryValue(const char *key, KeyWOW64 view)
   return false;
 }
 #else
-bool SystemTools::DeleteRegistryValue(const char *, KeyWOW64)
+bool SystemTools::DeleteRegistryValue(const kwsys_stl::string&, KeyWOW64)
 {
   return false;
 }
@@ -2245,12 +2279,13 @@ bool SystemTools::CopyFileAlways(const kwsys_stl::string& source, const kwsys_st
   SystemTools::MakeDirectory(destination_dir);
 
   // Open files
-
-#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
-  kwsys::ifstream fin(source.c_str(),
-                kwsys_ios::ios::binary | kwsys_ios::ios::in);
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+  kwsys::ifstream fin(Encoding::ToNarrow(
+    SystemTools::ConvertToWindowsExtendedPath(source)).c_str(),
+                kwsys_ios::ios::in | kwsys_ios_binary);
 #else
-  kwsys::ifstream fin(source.c_str());
+  kwsys::ifstream fin(source.c_str(),
+                kwsys_ios::ios::in | kwsys_ios_binary);
 #endif
   if(!fin)
     {
@@ -2263,12 +2298,13 @@ bool SystemTools::CopyFileAlways(const kwsys_stl::string& source, const kwsys_st
   // that do not allow file removal can be modified.
   SystemTools::RemoveFile(real_destination);
 
-#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
-  kwsys::ofstream fout(real_destination.c_str(),
-                     kwsys_ios::ios::binary | kwsys_ios::ios::out | kwsys_ios::ios::trunc);
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+  kwsys::ofstream fout(Encoding::ToNarrow(
+    SystemTools::ConvertToWindowsExtendedPath(real_destination)).c_str(),
+                     kwsys_ios::ios::out | kwsys_ios::ios::trunc | kwsys_ios_binary);
 #else
   kwsys::ofstream fout(real_destination.c_str(),
-                     kwsys_ios::ios::out | kwsys_ios::ios::trunc);
+                     kwsys_ios::ios::out | kwsys_ios::ios::trunc | kwsys_ios_binary);
 #endif
   if(!fout)
     {
@@ -2379,7 +2415,7 @@ bool SystemTools::CopyADirectory(const kwsys_stl::string& source, const kwsys_st
 
 
 // return size of file; also returns zero if no file exists
-unsigned long SystemTools::FileLength(const char* filename)
+unsigned long SystemTools::FileLength(const kwsys_stl::string& filename)
 {
   unsigned long length = 0;
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -2397,7 +2433,7 @@ unsigned long SystemTools::FileLength(const char* filename)
     }
 #else
   struct stat fs;
-  if (stat(filename, &fs) == 0)
+  if (stat(filename.c_str(), &fs) == 0)
     {
     length = static_cast<unsigned long>(fs.st_size);
     }
@@ -2663,7 +2699,7 @@ size_t SystemTools::GetMaximumFilePathLength()
  * found.  Otherwise, the empty string is returned.
  */
 kwsys_stl::string SystemTools
-::FindName(const char* name,
+::FindName(const kwsys_stl::string& name,
            const kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string>& userPaths,
            bool no_system_path)
 {
@@ -2716,7 +2752,7 @@ kwsys_stl::string SystemTools
  * found.  Otherwise, the empty string is returned.
  */
 kwsys_stl::string SystemTools
-::FindFile(const char* name,
+::FindFile(const kwsys_stl::string& name,
            const kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string>& userPaths,
            bool no_system_path)
 {
@@ -2735,7 +2771,7 @@ kwsys_stl::string SystemTools
  * found.  Otherwise, the empty string is returned.
  */
 kwsys_stl::string SystemTools
-::FindDirectory(const char* name,
+::FindDirectory(const kwsys_stl::string& name,
                 const kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string>& userPaths,
                 bool no_system_path)
 {
@@ -3078,29 +3114,29 @@ bool SystemTools::FileIsSymlink(const kwsys_stl::string& name)
 }
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
-bool SystemTools::CreateSymlink(const char*, const char*)
+bool SystemTools::CreateSymlink(const kwsys_stl::string&, const kwsys_stl::string&)
 {
   return false;
 }
 #else
-bool SystemTools::CreateSymlink(const char* origName, const char* newName)
+bool SystemTools::CreateSymlink(const kwsys_stl::string& origName, const kwsys_stl::string& newName)
 {
-  return symlink(origName, newName) >= 0;
+  return symlink(origName.c_str(), newName.c_str()) >= 0;
 }
 #endif
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
-bool SystemTools::ReadSymlink(const char*, kwsys_stl::string&)
+bool SystemTools::ReadSymlink(const kwsys_stl::string&, kwsys_stl::string&)
 {
   return false;
 }
 #else
-bool SystemTools::ReadSymlink(const char* newName,
+bool SystemTools::ReadSymlink(const kwsys_stl::string& newName,
                               kwsys_stl::string& origName)
 {
   char buf[KWSYS_SYSTEMTOOLS_MAXPATH+1];
   int count =
-    static_cast<int>(readlink(newName, buf, KWSYS_SYSTEMTOOLS_MAXPATH));
+    static_cast<int>(readlink(newName.c_str(), buf, KWSYS_SYSTEMTOOLS_MAXPATH));
   if(count >= 0)
     {
     // Add null-terminator.
@@ -3136,14 +3172,14 @@ kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::GetCurrentWorkingDirectory(bool collapse)
   return path;
 }
 
-kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::GetProgramPath(const char* in_name)
+kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::GetProgramPath(const kwsys_stl::string& in_name)
 {
   kwsys_stl::string dir, file;
   SystemTools::SplitProgramPath(in_name, dir, file);
   return dir;
 }
 
-bool SystemTools::SplitProgramPath(const char* in_name,
+bool SystemTools::SplitProgramPath(const kwsys_stl::string& in_name,
                                    kwsys_stl::string& dir,
                                    kwsys_stl::string& file,
                                    bool)
@@ -3409,7 +3445,62 @@ kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::CollapseFullPath(const kwsys_stl::string& in_path
 
   SystemTools::CheckTranslationPath(newPath);
 #ifdef _WIN32
-  newPath = SystemTools::GetActualCaseForPath(newPath.c_str());
+  newPath = SystemTools::GetActualCaseForPath(newPath);
+  SystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(newPath);
+#endif
+  // Return the reconstructed path.
+  return newPath;
+}
+
+kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::CollapseFullPath(const kwsys_stl::string& in_path,
+                                                const kwsys_stl::string& in_base)
+{
+  // Collect the output path components.
+  kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string> out_components;
+
+  // Split the input path components.
+  kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string> path_components;
+  SystemTools::SplitPath(in_path, path_components);
+
+  // If the input path is relative, start with a base path.
+  if(path_components[0].length() == 0)
+    {
+    kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string> base_components;
+    // Use the given base path.
+    SystemTools::SplitPath(in_base, base_components);
+
+    // Append base path components to the output path.
+    out_components.push_back(base_components[0]);
+    SystemToolsAppendComponents(out_components,
+                                base_components.begin()+1,
+                                base_components.end());
+    }
+
+  // Append input path components to the output path.
+  SystemToolsAppendComponents(out_components,
+                              path_components.begin(),
+                              path_components.end());
+
+  // Transform the path back to a string.
+  kwsys_stl::string newPath = SystemTools::JoinPath(out_components);
+
+  // Update the translation table with this potentially new path.  I am not
+  // sure why this line is here, it seems really questionable, but yet I
+  // would put good money that if I remove it something will break, basically
+  // from what I can see it created a mapping from the collapsed path, to be
+  // replaced by the input path, which almost completely does the opposite of
+  // this function, the only thing preventing this from happening a lot is
+  // that if the in_path has a .. in it, then it is not added to the
+  // translation table. So for most calls this either does nothing due to the
+  // ..  or it adds a translation between identical paths as nothing was
+  // collapsed, so I am going to try to comment it out, and see what hits the
+  // fan, hopefully quickly.
+  // Commented out line below:
+  //SystemTools::AddTranslationPath(newPath, in_path);
+
+  SystemTools::CheckTranslationPath(newPath);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  newPath = SystemTools::GetActualCaseForPath(newPath);
   SystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(newPath);
 #endif
   // Return the reconstructed path.
@@ -3569,7 +3660,7 @@ static int GetCasePathName(const kwsys_stl::string & pathIn,
 
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::GetActualCaseForPath(const char* p)
+kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::GetActualCaseForPath(const kwsys_stl::string& p)
 {
 #ifndef _WIN32
   return p;
@@ -3930,7 +4021,7 @@ kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::GetFilenameName(const kwsys_stl::string& filename
 kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::GetFilenameExtension(const kwsys_stl::string& filename)
 {
   kwsys_stl::string name = SystemTools::GetFilenameName(filename);
-  kwsys_stl::string::size_type dot_pos = name.find(".");
+  kwsys_stl::string::size_type dot_pos = name.find('.');
   if(dot_pos != kwsys_stl::string::npos)
     {
     return name.substr(dot_pos);
@@ -3948,7 +4039,7 @@ kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::GetFilenameExtension(const kwsys_stl::string& fil
 kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::GetFilenameLastExtension(const kwsys_stl::string& filename)
 {
   kwsys_stl::string name = SystemTools::GetFilenameName(filename);
-  kwsys_stl::string::size_type dot_pos = name.rfind(".");
+  kwsys_stl::string::size_type dot_pos = name.rfind('.');
   if(dot_pos != kwsys_stl::string::npos)
     {
     return name.substr(dot_pos);
@@ -3966,7 +4057,7 @@ kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::GetFilenameLastExtension(const kwsys_stl::string&
 kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::GetFilenameWithoutExtension(const kwsys_stl::string& filename)
 {
   kwsys_stl::string name = SystemTools::GetFilenameName(filename);
-  kwsys_stl::string::size_type dot_pos = name.find(".");
+  kwsys_stl::string::size_type dot_pos = name.find('.');
   if(dot_pos != kwsys_stl::string::npos)
     {
     return name.substr(0, dot_pos);
@@ -3987,7 +4078,7 @@ kwsys_stl::string
 SystemTools::GetFilenameWithoutLastExtension(const kwsys_stl::string& filename)
 {
   kwsys_stl::string name = SystemTools::GetFilenameName(filename);
-  kwsys_stl::string::size_type dot_pos = name.rfind(".");
+  kwsys_stl::string::size_type dot_pos = name.rfind('.');
   if(dot_pos != kwsys_stl::string::npos)
     {
     return name.substr(0, dot_pos);
@@ -4276,7 +4367,7 @@ bool SystemTools::GetShortPath(const kwsys_stl::string& path, kwsys_stl::string&
 #endif
 }
 
-void SystemTools::SplitProgramFromArgs(const char* path,
+void SystemTools::SplitProgramFromArgs(const kwsys_stl::string& path,
                                        kwsys_stl::string& program, kwsys_stl::string& args)
 {
   // see if this is a full path to a program
@@ -4352,7 +4443,7 @@ kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::GetCurrentDateTime(const char* format)
   return kwsys_stl::string(buf);
 }
 
-kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::MakeCidentifier(const char* s)
+kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::MakeCidentifier(const kwsys_stl::string& s)
 {
   kwsys_stl::string str(s);
   if (str.find_first_of("0123456789") == 0)
diff --git a/SystemTools.hxx.in b/SystemTools.hxx.in
index e88bc8f..beb2a7e 100644
--- a/SystemTools.hxx.in
+++ b/SystemTools.hxx.in
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ public:
    * then an underscore is prepended.  Note that this can produce
    * identifiers that the standard reserves (_[A-Z].* and __.*).
    */
-  static kwsys_stl::string MakeCidentifier(const char* s);
+  static kwsys_stl::string MakeCidentifier(const kwsys_stl::string& s);
 
-  static kwsys_stl::string MakeCindentifier(const char* s)
+  static kwsys_stl::string MakeCindentifier(const kwsys_stl::string& s)
   {
     return MakeCidentifier(s);
   }
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ public:
   static void ReplaceString(kwsys_stl::string& source,
                             const char* replace,
                             const char* with);
+  static void ReplaceString(kwsys_stl::string& source,
+                            const kwsys_stl::string& replace,
+                            const kwsys_stl::string& with);
 
   /**
    * Return a capitalized string (i.e the first letter is uppercased,
@@ -306,7 +309,7 @@ public:
   /**
    * Return file length
    */
-  static unsigned long FileLength(const char *filename);
+  static unsigned long FileLength(const kwsys_stl::string& filename);
 
   /**
      Change the modification time or create a file
@@ -335,15 +338,15 @@ public:
    *  does not exist path is returned unchanged.  This does nothing
    *  on unix but return path.
    */
-  static kwsys_stl::string GetActualCaseForPath(const char* path);
+  static kwsys_stl::string GetActualCaseForPath(const kwsys_stl::string& path);
 
   /**
    * Given the path to a program executable, get the directory part of
    * the path with the file stripped off.  If there is no directory
    * part, the empty string is returned.
    */
-  static kwsys_stl::string GetProgramPath(const char*);
-  static bool SplitProgramPath(const char* in_name,
+  static kwsys_stl::string GetProgramPath(const kwsys_stl::string&);
+  static bool SplitProgramPath(const kwsys_stl::string& in_name,
                                kwsys_stl::string& dir,
                                kwsys_stl::string& file,
                                bool errorReport = true);
@@ -376,6 +379,8 @@ public:
   static kwsys_stl::string CollapseFullPath(const kwsys_stl::string& in_relative);
   static kwsys_stl::string CollapseFullPath(const kwsys_stl::string& in_relative,
                                             const char* in_base);
+  static kwsys_stl::string CollapseFullPath(const kwsys_stl::string& in_relative,
+                                            const kwsys_stl::string& in_base);
 
   /** 
    * Get the real path for a given path, removing all symlinks.  In
@@ -446,7 +451,7 @@ public:
    * Split a program from its arguments and handle spaces in the paths
    */
   static void SplitProgramFromArgs(
-    const char* path,
+    const kwsys_stl::string& path,
     kwsys_stl::string& program, kwsys_stl::string& args);
 
   /**
@@ -582,7 +587,7 @@ public:
    * Find a file in the system PATH, with optional extra paths
    */
   static kwsys_stl::string FindFile(
-    const char* name,
+    const kwsys_stl::string& name,
     const kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string>& path = 
     kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string>(),
     bool no_system_path = false);
@@ -591,7 +596,7 @@ public:
    * Find a directory in the system PATH, with optional extra paths
    */
   static kwsys_stl::string FindDirectory(
-    const char* name,
+    const kwsys_stl::string& name,
     const kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string>& path = 
     kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string>(),
     bool no_system_path = false);
@@ -662,13 +667,13 @@ public:
    * Create a symbolic link if the platform supports it.  Returns whether
    * creation succeded.
    */
-  static bool CreateSymlink(const char* origName, const char* newName);
+  static bool CreateSymlink(const kwsys_stl::string& origName, const kwsys_stl::string& newName);
 
   /**
    * Read the contents of a symbolic link.  Returns whether reading
    * succeded.
    */
-  static bool ReadSymlink(const char* newName, kwsys_stl::string& origName);
+  static bool ReadSymlink(const kwsys_stl::string& newName, kwsys_stl::string& origName);
 
   /**
    * Try to locate the file 'filename' in the directory 'dir'.
@@ -750,26 +755,26 @@ public:
   /**
    * Get a list of subkeys.
    */
-  static bool GetRegistrySubKeys(const char *key,
+  static bool GetRegistrySubKeys(const kwsys_stl::string& key,
                                  kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string>& subkeys,
                                  KeyWOW64 view = KeyWOW64_Default);
 
   /**
    * Read a registry value
    */
-  static bool ReadRegistryValue(const char *key, kwsys_stl::string &value,
+  static bool ReadRegistryValue(const kwsys_stl::string& key, kwsys_stl::string &value,
                                 KeyWOW64 view = KeyWOW64_Default);
 
   /**
    * Write a registry value
    */
-  static bool WriteRegistryValue(const char *key, const char *value,
+  static bool WriteRegistryValue(const kwsys_stl::string& key, const kwsys_stl::string& value,
                                  KeyWOW64 view = KeyWOW64_Default);
 
   /**
    * Delete a registry value
    */
-  static bool DeleteRegistryValue(const char *key,
+  static bool DeleteRegistryValue(const kwsys_stl::string& key,
                                   KeyWOW64 view = KeyWOW64_Default);
 
   /** -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -789,15 +794,17 @@ public:
    * Read an environment variable
    */
   static const char* GetEnv(const char* key);
+  static const char* GetEnv(const kwsys_stl::string& key);
   static bool GetEnv(const char* key, kwsys_stl::string& result);
+  static bool GetEnv(const kwsys_stl::string& key, kwsys_stl::string& result);
 
   /** Put a string into the environment
       of the form var=value */
-  static bool PutEnv(const char* env);
+  static bool PutEnv(const kwsys_stl::string& env);
 
   /** Remove a string from the environment.
       Input is of the form "var" or "var=value" (value is ignored). */
-  static bool UnPutEnv(const char* env);
+  static bool UnPutEnv(const kwsys_stl::string& env);
 
   /**
    * Get current working directory CWD
@@ -906,6 +913,14 @@ private:
     }
 
   /**
+   * Actual implementation of ReplaceString.
+   */
+  static void ReplaceString(kwsys_stl::string& source,
+                            const char* replace,
+                            size_t replaceSize,
+                            const kwsys_stl::string& with);
+
+  /**
    * Actual implementation of FileIsFullPath.
    */
   static bool FileIsFullPath(const char*, size_t);
@@ -915,7 +930,7 @@ private:
    * optional extra paths.
    */
   static kwsys_stl::string FindName(
-    const char* name,
+    const kwsys_stl::string& name,
     const kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string>& path = 
     kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys_stl::string>(),
     bool no_system_path = false);
diff --git a/testSystemTools.cxx b/testSystemTools.cxx
index b41532b..42b6249 100644
--- a/testSystemTools.cxx
+++ b/testSystemTools.cxx
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static bool CheckFileOperations()
     res = false;
     }
 
-  if (kwsys::SystemTools::FileLength(testBinFile.c_str()) != 766)
+  if (kwsys::SystemTools::FileLength(testBinFile) != 766)
     {
     kwsys_ios::cerr
       << "Problem with FileLength - incorrect length for: "
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static bool CheckStringOperations()
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-static bool CheckPutEnv(const char* env, const char* name, const char* value)
+static bool CheckPutEnv(const kwsys_stl::string& env, const char* name, const char* value)
 {
   if(!kwsys::SystemTools::PutEnv(env))
     {
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