[...]

QString filename = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, "Choose a Volume File", "./Volumes", "Volume Info File (*.nfo);;All Files (*.*)");
if (filename.isEmpty()) return;
if (filename.contains(".nfo", Qt::CaseInsensitive))
{
  if (m_volModel)
	  // photon +++ do it the right way, otherwise it'll segfault
	  //m_volModel->addVolume((char*)filename.toStdString().c_str());
	  m_volModel->addVolume(QFile::encodeName(filename).data());
	  // photon ---
}

[...]

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void VolumeListModel::addVolume(char filename[])
{
  beginInsertRows(QModelIndex(), m_dataManager->m_volumes.size(), m_dataManager->m_volumes.size());
  m_dataManager->addVolume(filename);
  endInsertRows();
}

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void DataManager::addVolume(char filename[256])
{
  VolInfo newVol = m_dataLoader.loadVolume(filename);
  
[...]

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VolInfo DataLoader::loadVolume(char filename[256])
{
  VolInfo vol;

  seperateName(filename, vol.name);
  createAbsPath(m_currPath, filename, vol.filename);
  seperatePath(vol.filename, vol.directory);
 
[...]

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/**
 * Seperates the filname from additional path information
 * @param input The input file destination, which might include an absolut or relative path.
 * @param name The result which is only the name of the file without path information
 */
void DataLoader::seperateName(char* input, char* name)
{
  //typisches c++ sting/char gewichse, zum kotzen!
  std::string s(input);
  int pos = s.find_last_of("\\/");
  if(pos == std::string::npos)
  {
    strcpy(name, input);
  }
  else
  {
    pos++;
    s.copy(name, s.length()-pos, pos);
    name[s.length()-pos]='\0';
  }
}

/**
 * Seperates the path without the filename from an absolut file destination.
 * @param input The absolut file destination (complete path and filename),
 * @param path The result which is only the complete path, without the filename.
 */
void DataLoader::seperatePath(char* input, char* path)
{
	strcpy(path, input);

	char* pos = strrchr(path, '\\');
  if (pos == NULL) pos = strrchr(path, '/');

	if (pos != NULL) *(pos+1) = '\0';
	else path[0] = '\0';
}

/**
 * Creates the absolute destination to the file, including the filename
 * @param wd The actual working directory.
 * @param rp The relative path to the file, including the filename.
 * @param out The complete path to the file, including the filename.
 */
void DataLoader::createAbsPath(char* wd, char* rp, char* out)
{
	// rp already absolut
	if(rp[1] == ':' && (rp[2] == '\\' || rp[2] == '/')) {
		strcpy(out, rp);
		return;
	}

	// build up absolut path from working directory wd
	// and relativ path rp which may contain "..\"
	strcpy(out, wd);

	char* outPtr = out + strlen(out) - 1;
	char* rpPtr  = rp;
	char* startPtr = rp;

	// remove possible backslash at the end 
	if (*outPtr == '\\') *outPtr = '\0';

	do {
		startPtr = strstr(startPtr, "..\\"); 

		if (startPtr != NULL) {
			startPtr += 3;
			rpPtr  = startPtr;
			outPtr = strrchr(out, '\\');
			*(outPtr) = '\0';
		}
	} while(startPtr != NULL);

	if (out[strlen(out)-1] != '\\')
		strcat(out, "\\");

	strcat(out, rpPtr);
}