--- parser3/src/classes/file.C	2024/12/06 23:20:04	1.291
+++ parser3/src/classes/file.C	2024/12/11 02:30:24	1.293
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "pa_vregex.h"
 #include "pa_version.h"
 
-volatile const char * IDENT_FILE_C="$Id: file.C,v 1.291 2024/12/06 23:20:04 moko Exp $";
+volatile const char * IDENT_FILE_C="$Id: file.C,v 1.293 2024/12/11 02:30:24 moko Exp $";
 
 // defines
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static const String::Body cdate_name("cd
 // methods
 
 static void _save(Request& r, MethodParams& params) {
-	bool is_text=VFile::is_text_mode(params.as_string(0, MODE_MUST_NOT_BE_CODE));
+	bool is_text=VFile::is_text_mode(params.as_string(0, MODE_MUST_BE_STRING));
 	const String& file_name=params.as_file_name(1);
 
 	Charset* asked_charset=0;
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static void _load_pass_param(
 }
 
 static void _load(Request& r, MethodParams& params) {
-	bool as_text=VFile::is_text_mode(params.as_string(0, MODE_MUST_NOT_BE_CODE));
+	bool as_text=VFile::is_text_mode(params.as_string(0, MODE_MUST_BE_STRING));
 	const String& lfile_name=r.full_disk_path(params.as_file_name(1));
 
 	size_t param_index=params.count()-1;
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ static void _create(Request& r, MethodPa
 
 	if(params.count()>=3){
 		// old format: ^file::create[text|binary;file-name;string-or-file-content[;options]] 
-		mode=&params.as_string(0, MODE_MUST_NOT_BE_CODE);
+		mode=&params.as_string(0, MODE_MUST_BE_STRING);
 		is_text=VFile::is_text_mode(*mode);
 		file_name=&params.as_string(1, FILE_NAME_MUST_BE_STRING);
 		content_index=2;
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ static void _find(Request& r, MethodPara
 }
 
 static void _dirname(Request& r, MethodParams& params) {
-	const String& file_spec=params.as_string(0, FILE_NAME_MUST_BE_STRING);
+	const String& file_spec=params.as_file_spec(0);
 	// works as *nix dirname
 
 	// empty   > .
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ static void _dirname(Request& r, MethodP
 }
 
 static void _basename(Request& r, MethodParams& params) {
-	const String& file_spec=params.as_string(0, FILE_NAME_MUST_BE_STRING);
+	const String& file_spec=params.as_file_spec(0);
 	// works as *nix basename
 
 	// empty   > .
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ static void _basename(Request& r, Method
 }
 
 static void _justname(Request& r, MethodParams& params) {
-	const String& file_spec=params.as_string(0, FILE_NAME_MUST_BE_STRING);
+	const String& file_spec=params.as_file_spec(0);
 	// /a/some.tar.gz > some.tar
 	// /a/b.c/ > empty
 	// /a/b.c  > b
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ static void _justname(Request& r, Method
 }
 
 static void _justext(Request& r, MethodParams& params) {
-	const String& file_spec=params.as_string(0, FILE_NAME_MUST_BE_STRING);
+	const String& file_spec=params.as_file_spec(0);
 	// /a/some.tar.gz > gz
 	// /a/b.c/ > empty
 	size_t pos=afterlastslash(file_spec);
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ static void _justext(Request& r, MethodP
 }
 
 static void _fullpath(Request& r, MethodParams& params) {
-	const String& file_spec=params.as_string(0, FILE_NAME_MUST_BE_STRING);
+	const String& file_spec=params.as_file_spec(0);
 	const String* result;
 	if(file_spec.first_char()=='/')
 		result=&file_spec;
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ static void _base64(Request& r, MethodPa
 				if(params.count() < 3)
 					throw Exception(PARSER_RUNTIME, 0, "constructor cannot have less than 3 parameters (has %d parameters)", params.count()); // actually it accepts 1 parameter (backward)
 
-				is_text=VFile::is_text_mode(params.as_string(0, MODE_MUST_NOT_BE_CODE));
+				is_text=VFile::is_text_mode(params.as_string(0, MODE_MUST_BE_STRING));
 				user_file_name=&params.as_string(1, FILE_NAME_MUST_BE_STRING);
 
 				if(params.count() == 4)