3 files changed, 90 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/util/util.h b/lib/util/util.h
index d1c5e82bdd..e89c4ac997 100644
--- a/lib/util/util.h
+++ b/lib/util/util.h
@@ -891,4 +891,30 @@ int samba_runcmd_recv(struct tevent_req *req, int *perrno);
 void samba_start_debugger(void);
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * @brief Returns an absolute path to a file in the Samba modules directory.
+ *
+ * @param name File to find, relative to MODULESDIR.
+ *
+ * @retval Pointer to a string containing the full path.
+ **/
+char *modules_path(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Returns an absolute path to a file in the Samba data directory.
+ *
+ * @param name File to find, relative to CODEPAGEDIR.
+ *
+ * @retval Pointer to a talloc'ed string containing the full path.
+ **/
+char *data_path(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Returns the platform specific shared library extension.
+ *
+ * @retval Pointer to a const char * containing the extension.
+ **/
+const char *shlib_ext(void);
+
+
 #endif /* _SAMBA_UTIL_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/util/util_paths.c b/lib/util/util_paths.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0baa6801c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/util/util_paths.c
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/* 
+   Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
+   Samba utility functions
+   Copyright (C) Andrew Tridgell 1992-1998
+   Copyright (C) Jeremy Allison 2001-2007
+   Copyright (C) Simo Sorce 2001
+   Copyright (C) Jim McDonough <jmcd@us.ibm.com> 2003
+   Copyright (C) James Peach 2006
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include "includes.h"
+#include "dynconfig/dynconfig.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief Returns an absolute path to a file in the Samba modules directory.
+ *
+ * @param name File to find, relative to MODULESDIR.
+ *
+ * @retval Pointer to a string containing the full path.
+ **/
+
+char *modules_path(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *name)
+{
+	return talloc_asprintf(mem_ctx, "%s/%s", get_dyn_MODULESDIR(), name);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Returns an absolute path to a file in the Samba data directory.
+ *
+ * @param name File to find, relative to CODEPAGEDIR.
+ *
+ * @retval Pointer to a talloc'ed string containing the full path.
+ **/
+
+char *data_path(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, const char *name)
+{
+	return talloc_asprintf(mem_ctx, "%s/%s", get_dyn_CODEPAGEDIR(), name);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Returns the platform specific shared library extension.
+ *
+ * @retval Pointer to a const char * containing the extension.
+ **/
+
+const char *shlib_ext(void)
+{
+	return get_dyn_SHLIBEXT();
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/util/wscript_build b/lib/util/wscript_build
index 3092b6ccbb..8ce30eb689 100755
--- a/lib/util/wscript_build
+++ b/lib/util/wscript_build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ common_util_sources = '''talloc_stack.c smb_threads.c xfile.c data_blob.c
                     util_file.c time.c rbtree.c rfc1738.c select.c
                     genrand.c fsusage.c blocking.c become_daemon.c
                     signal.c system.c params.c util.c util_id.c util_net.c
-                    util_strlist.c idtree.c debug.c fault.c base64.c
+                    util_strlist.c util_paths.c idtree.c debug.c fault.c base64.c
                     util_str.c util_str_common.c substitute.c ms_fnmatch.c'''
 
 common_util_headers = 'debug.h'