pathtest.cpp

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main ()
{
  char* path = "/Users/user/test/tëst/test"; //Sent by the system
  char* wp = "/Users/user/test/tëst"; //Some path we claim to be ours

  size_t wp_len = strlen(wp);

  if (strncmp (wp,path,wp_len) == 0) //Check is path is a subpath
  {
    printf ("matched %s\n", path);
  }else {
    printf ("could not match\n");

  }
  return 0;
}