From aa2f826a9a97e3bed3f92d742e96f739688ecb81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Romain Vimont <rom@rom1v.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 22:00:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] sc_file_build_path

---
 app/src/util/file.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 app/src/util/file.h |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/src/util/file.c b/app/src/util/file.c
index 174e5efd..83b0d612 100644
--- a/app/src/util/file.c
+++ b/app/src/util/file.c
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@
 
 #include "util/log.h"
 
+char *
+sc_file_build_path(const char *dir, const char *name) {
+    size_t dir_len = strlen(dir);
+    size_t name_len = strlen(name);
+
+    size_t len = dir_len + name_len + 2; // +2: '/' and '\0'
+    char *path = malloc(len);
+    if (!path) {
+        LOG_OOM();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    memcpy(path, dir, dir_len);
+    path[dir_len] = SC_PATH_SEPARATOR;
+    // namelen + 1 to copy the final '\0'
+    memcpy(&path[dir_len + 1], name, name_len + 1);
+    return path;
+}
+
 char *
 sc_file_get_local_path(const char *name) {
     char *executable_path = sc_file_get_executable_path();
@@ -25,24 +44,9 @@ sc_file_get_local_path(const char *name) {
 
     *p = '\0'; // modify executable_path in place
     char *dir = executable_path;
-    size_t dirlen = strlen(dir);
-    size_t namelen = strlen(name);
-
-    size_t len = dirlen + namelen + 2; // +2: '/' and '\0'
-    char *file_path = malloc(len);
-    if (!file_path) {
-        LOG_OOM();
-        free(executable_path);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    memcpy(file_path, dir, dirlen);
-    file_path[dirlen] = SC_PATH_SEPARATOR;
-    // namelen + 1 to copy the final '\0'
-    memcpy(&file_path[dirlen + 1], name, namelen + 1);
+    char *file_path = sc_file_build_path(dir, name);
 
     free(executable_path);
 
     return file_path;
 }
-
diff --git a/app/src/util/file.h b/app/src/util/file.h
index 089f6f75..56c369d7 100644
--- a/app/src/util/file.h
+++ b/app/src/util/file.h
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ sc_file_get_executable_path(void);
 char *
 sc_file_get_local_path(const char *name);
 
+/**
+ * Return the concatenation of dir, the path separator and the filename.
+ *
+ * The result must be freed by the caller using free(). It may return NULL on
+ * error.
+ */
+char *
+sc_file_build_path(const char *dir, const char *filename);
+
 /**
  * Indicate if the file exists and is not a directory
  */