Re: igrep-find - default "File(s)" argument no longer includes path
Steven E. Harris writes:
For the record, trying to search within, say, "~/src/"
fails due to
`shell-quote-argument' around line 812 in igrep.el:
,----[ (igrep-find "egrep" "foo" '("~/src/*") nil) ]
| cd /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/igrep/
| find \~/src -type d \( -name RCS -o -name CVS -o -name SCCS \) -prune -o -type f \!
-name \*\~ \! -name \*\,v \! -name s.\* -print0 | xargs -0 -e egrep -n -e foo
/dev/null
| find: ~/src: No such file or directory
|
| igrep exited abnormally with code 123 at Thu Sep 5 09:47:11
`----
This is because I haven't solved the problem of how to automatically
quote special characters in directory names (such as spaces, used mostly
on Microsoft Windows) but not shell metacharacters (such as ~, used by
Unix users). Any suggestions?
--
Kevin