;;; find-dired.el --- run a `find' command and dired the output
-;; Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1992, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>,
;; Sebastian Kremer <sk@thp.uni-koeln.de>
;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;;; Commentary:
+
;;; Code:
(require 'dired)
:group 'dired
:prefix "find-")
+(defcustom find-dired-find-program "find"
+ "Program used to find files."
+ :group 'dired
+ :type 'file)
+
;; find's -ls corresponds to these switches.
;; Note -b, at least GNU find quotes spaces etc. in filenames
;;;###autoload
;; History of find-args values entered in the minibuffer.
(defvar find-args-history nil)
+(defvar dired-sort-inhibit)
+
;;;###autoload
(defun find-dired (dir args)
"Run `find' and go into Dired mode on a buffer of the output.
(or (file-directory-p dir)
(error "find-dired needs a directory: %s" dir))
(switch-to-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Find*"))
+
+ ;; See if there's still a `find' running, and offer to kill
+ ;; it first, if it is.
+ (let ((find (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))))
+ (when find
+ (if (or (not (eq (process-status find) 'run))
+ (yes-or-no-p "A `find' process is running; kill it? "))
+ (condition-case nil
+ (progn
+ (interrupt-process find)
+ (sit-for 1)
+ (delete-process find))
+ (error nil))
+ (error "Cannot have two processes in `%s' at once" (buffer-name)))))
+
(widen)
(kill-all-local-variables)
(setq buffer-read-only nil)
(erase-buffer)
(setq default-directory dir
find-args args ; save for next interactive call
- args (concat "find . "
+ args (concat find-dired-find-program " . "
(if (string= args "")
""
(concat "\\( " args " \\) "))
(car find-ls-option)))
;; The next statement will bomb in classic dired (no optional arg allowed)
(dired-mode dir (cdr find-ls-option))
- ;; This really should rerun the find command, but I don't
- ;; have time for that.
- (use-local-map (append (make-sparse-keymap) (current-local-map)))
- (define-key (current-local-map) "g" 'undefined)
+ (make-local-variable 'dired-sort-inhibit)
+ (setq dired-sort-inhibit t)
+ (set (make-local-variable 'revert-buffer-function)
+ `(lambda (ignore-auto noconfirm)
+ (find-dired ,dir ,find-args)))
;; Set subdir-alist so that Tree Dired will work:
(if (fboundp 'dired-simple-subdir-alist)
;; will work even with nested dired format (dired-nstd.el,v 1.15
;; and later)
(dired-simple-subdir-alist)
;; else we have an ancient tree dired (or classic dired, where
- ;; this does no harm)
+ ;; this does no harm)
(set (make-local-variable 'dired-subdir-alist)
(list (cons default-directory (point-min-marker)))))
(setq buffer-read-only nil)
;; subdir-alist points there.
(insert " " dir ":\n")
;; Make second line a ``find'' line in analogy to the ``total'' or
- ;; ``wildcard'' line.
+ ;; ``wildcard'' line.
(insert " " args "\n")
;; Start the find process.
- (let ((proc (start-process-shell-command "find" (current-buffer) args)))
+ (let ((proc (start-process-shell-command find-dired-find-program (current-buffer) args)))
(set-process-filter proc (function find-dired-filter))
(set-process-sentinel proc (function find-dired-sentinel))
;; Initialize the process marker; it is used by the filter.
find . -name 'PATTERN' -ls"
(interactive
"DFind-name (directory): \nsFind-name (filename wildcard): ")
- (find-dired dir (concat "-name '" pattern "'")))
+ (find-dired dir (concat "-name " (shell-quote-argument pattern))))
;; This functionality suggested by
;; From: oblanc@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Olivier Blanc)
(defalias 'lookfor-dired 'find-grep-dired)
;;;###autoload
-(defun find-grep-dired (dir args)
- "Find files in DIR containing a regexp ARG and start Dired on output.
+(defun find-grep-dired (dir regexp)
+ "Find files in DIR containing a regexp REGEXP and start Dired on output.
The command run (after changing into DIR) is
- find . -exec grep -s ARG {} \\\; -ls
+ find . -exec grep -s -e REGEXP {} \\\; -ls
Thus ARG can also contain additional grep options."
(interactive "DFind-grep (directory): \nsFind-grep (grep regexp): ")
;; by FIFOs and devices. I'm not sure what's best to do
;; about symlinks, so as far as I know this is not wrong.
(find-dired dir
- (concat "-type f -exec grep " find-grep-options " "
- args " {} \\\; ")))
+ (concat "-type f -exec grep " find-grep-options " -e "
+ (shell-quote-argument regexp)
+ " {} \\\; ")))
(defun find-dired-filter (proc string)
;; Filter for \\[find-dired] processes.
(let ((buffer-read-only nil))
(save-excursion
(goto-char (point-max))
- (insert "\nfind " state)
+ (insert "\n find " state)
(forward-char -1) ;Back up before \n at end of STATE.
(insert " at " (substring (current-time-string) 0 19))
(forward-char 1)