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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2015-12-01 18:16:22 +0200 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2015-12-01 18:16:22 +0200 |
| commit | b99a34bcb030d59e0e272b3379d1725a6eb01d95 (patch) | |
| tree | 234daeaec7f2fd12ff3d9d4fa5d1039bc93d51f0 /lisp/files.el | |
| parent | e702ab8d843dd416b6721c2e05be832d69ad1977 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-b99a34bcb030d59e0e272b3379d1725a6eb01d95.tar.gz | |
Document 'directory-files-recursively'
* lisp/files.el (directory-files-recursively): Doc fix. Rename
the argument MATCH to REGEXP, to be more explicit about its form.
* doc/lispref/files.texi (Contents of Directories): Improve the
documentation of 'directory-files-recursively'. Add
cross-references.
* etc/NEWS: Move the entry for 'directory-files-recursively' to
its place and mark it documented.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/files.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/files.el | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el index e892ac6b94b..f37c23b7bdd 100644 --- a/lisp/files.el +++ b/lisp/files.el @@ -744,11 +744,13 @@ The path separator is colon in GNU and GNU-like systems." (and (> (length name) 0) (char-equal (aref name (1- (length name))) ?/))) -(defun directory-files-recursively (dir match &optional include-directories) - "Return all files under DIR that have file names matching MATCH (a regexp). +(defun directory-files-recursively (dir regexp &optional include-directories) + "Return list of all files under DIR that have file names matching REGEXP. This function works recursively. Files are returned in \"depth first\" -and alphabetical order. -If INCLUDE-DIRECTORIES, also include directories that have matching names." +order, and files from each directory are sorted in alphabetical order. +Each file name appears in the returned list in its absolute form. +Optional argument INCLUDE-DIRECTORIES non-nil means also include in the +output directories whose names match REGEXP." (let ((result nil) (files nil) ;; When DIR is "/", remote file names like "/method:" could @@ -764,11 +766,11 @@ If INCLUDE-DIRECTORIES, also include directories that have matching names." (unless (file-symlink-p full-file) (setq result (nconc result (directory-files-recursively - full-file match include-directories)))) + full-file regexp include-directories)))) (when (and include-directories - (string-match match leaf)) + (string-match regexp leaf)) (setq result (nconc result (list full-file))))) - (when (string-match match file) + (when (string-match regexp file) (push (expand-file-name file dir) files))))) (nconc result (nreverse files)))) |