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+# Filescan utils functions reference
+
+## const char *GetMiddleName(const char *name)
+
+Get rid of the binder name prefix 'afbd-'
+
+* name will be typically the full binder name
+
+Returns the process middle name of the running binder.
+
+## const char *GetBinderName()
+
+Get the Binder Name without the prefix set by the AGL appfw 'afbd-'
+
+Returns the Binder name without the prefix.
+
+## json_object* ScanForConfig (const char* searchPath, CtlScanDirModeT mode, const char *prefix, const char *extension)
+
+Scan a directory searching all files matching pattern: 'prefix*extention'.
+
+* `searchPath`: directory where to begin the searching.
+* `mode`: either or not the search will be recursive.
+* `prefix`: file prefix that will be looking for.
+* `extention`: file extention that will be looking for.
+
+Returns a json_object array of object with 2 parts a 'fullpath' describing the
+fullpath to reach the file and 'filename' containing the matched files.
+
+## char *GetBindingDirPath_(afb_api_t api)
+
+For binding with a version >= 3, get the root directory path.
+
+* `api` : pointer to the AFB API.
+
+Returns a string representing the path to binding root directory.
+
+## const char *getEnvDirList(const char *prefix, const char *suffix)
+
+Get the environment directory colon separated path list. This take the prefix
+add the binder's name then the suffix as environment variable name and also
+search for another variable without the binder's name (so only prefix+suffix).
+
+* `prefix`: Environment variable prefix
+* `suffix`: Environment variable suffix
+
+Returns a string representing a colon separated path list or NULL is case of
+error or none environment variables found.