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1 ;;; locate.el --- interface to the locate command
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1996, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: Peter Breton <pbreton@cs.umb.edu>
6 ;; Keywords: unix files
8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
10 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
13 ;; any later version.
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21 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
22 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
23 ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
25 ;;; Commentary:
27 ;; Search a database of files and use dired commands on
28 ;; the result.
31 ;;;;; Building a database of files ;;;;;;;;;
33 ;; You can create a simple files database with a port of the Unix find command
34 ;; and one of the various Windows NT various scheduling utilities,
35 ;; for example the AT command from the NT Resource Kit, WinCron which is
36 ;; included with Microsoft FrontPage, or the shareware NTCron program.
38 ;; To set up a function which searches the files database, do something
39 ;; like this:
41 ;; (defvar locate-fcodes-file "c:/users/peter/fcodes")
42 ;; (defvar locate-make-command-line 'nt-locate-make-command-line)
44 ;; (defun nt-locate-make-command-line (arg)
45 ;; (list "grep" "-i" arg locate-fcodes-file))
47 ;;;;;;;; ADVICE For dired-make-relative: ;;;;;;;;;
49 ;; For certain dired commands to work right, you should also include the
50 ;; following in your _emacs/.emacs:
52 ;; (defadvice dired-make-relative (before set-no-error activate)
53 ;; "For locate mode and Windows, don't return errors"
54 ;; (if (and (eq major-mode 'locate-mode)
55 ;; (memq system-type (list 'windows-nt 'ms-dos)))
56 ;; (ad-set-arg 2 t)
57 ;; ))
59 ;; Otherwise, `dired-make-relative' will give error messages like
60 ;; "FILENAME: not in directory tree growing at /"
62 ;;; Commentary:
64 ;; Locate.el provides an interface to a program which searches a
65 ;; database of file names. By default, this program is the GNU locate
66 ;; command, but it could also be the BSD-style find command, or even a
67 ;; user specified command.
69 ;; To use the BSD-style "fast find", or any other shell command of the
70 ;; form
72 ;; SHELLPROGRAM Name-to-find
74 ;; set the variable `locate-command' in your .emacs file.
76 ;; To use a more complicated expression, create a function which
77 ;; takes a string (the name to find) as input and returns a list.
78 ;; The first element should be the command to be executed, the remaining
79 ;; elements should be the arguments (including the name to find). Then put
81 ;; (setq locate-make-command-line 'my-locate-command-line)
83 ;; in your .emacs, using the name of your function in place of
84 ;; my-locate-command-line.
86 ;; You should make sure that whichever command you use works correctly
87 ;; from a shell prompt. GNU locate and BSD find expect the file databases
88 ;; to either be in standard places or located via environment variables.
89 ;; If the latter, make sure these environment variables are set in
90 ;; your emacs process.
92 ;; Locate-mode assumes that each line output from the locate-command
93 ;; consists exactly of a file name, possibly preceded or trailed by
94 ;; whitespace. If your file database has other information on the line (for
95 ;; example, the file size), you will need to redefine the function
96 ;; `locate-get-file-positions' to return a list consisting of the first
97 ;; character in the file name and the last character in the file name.
99 ;; To use locate-mode, simply type M-x locate and then the string
100 ;; you wish to find. You can use almost all of the dired commands in
101 ;; the resulting *Locate* buffer. It is worth noting that your commands
102 ;; do not, of course, affect the file database. For example, if you
103 ;; compress a file in the locate buffer, the actual file will be
104 ;; compressed, but the entry in the file database will not be
105 ;; affected. Consequently, the database and the filesystem will be out
106 ;; of sync until the next time the database is updated.
108 ;; The command `locate-with-filter' keeps only lines matching a
109 ;; regular expression; this is often useful to constrain a big search.
112 ;;; Code:
114 (eval-when-compile
115 (require 'dired))
117 ;; Variables
119 (defvar locate-current-filter nil)
121 (defgroup locate nil
122 "Interface to the locate command."
123 :prefix "locate-"
124 :group 'external)
126 (defcustom locate-command "locate"
127 "*The executable program used to search a database of files."
128 :type 'string
129 :group 'locate)
131 (defvar locate-history-list nil
132 "The history list used by the \\[locate] command.")
134 (defvar locate-grep-history-list nil
135 "The history list used by the \\[locate-with-filter] command.")
137 (defcustom locate-make-command-line 'locate-default-make-command-line
138 "*Function used to create the locate command line."
139 :type 'function
140 :group 'locate)
142 (defcustom locate-buffer-name "*Locate*"
143 "*Name of the buffer to show results from the \\[locate] command."
144 :type 'string
145 :group 'locate)
147 (defcustom locate-fcodes-file nil
148 "*File name for the database of file names."
149 :type '(choice file (const nil))
150 :group 'locate)
152 (defcustom locate-header-face nil
153 "*Face used to highlight the locate header."
154 :type 'face
155 :group 'locate)
157 (defcustom locate-update-command "updatedb"
158 "The command used to update the locate database."
159 :type 'string
160 :group 'locate)
162 (defcustom locate-prompt-for-command nil
163 "If non-nil, the default behavior of the locate command is to prompt for a command to run.
164 Otherwise, that behavior is invoked via a prefix argument."
165 :group 'locate
166 :type 'boolean
169 ;; Functions
171 (defun locate-default-make-command-line (search-string)
172 (list locate-command search-string))
174 (defun locate-word-at-point ()
175 (let ((pt (point)))
176 (buffer-substring-no-properties
177 (save-excursion
178 (skip-chars-backward "-a-zA-Z0-9.")
179 (point))
180 (save-excursion
181 (skip-chars-forward "-a-zA-Z0-9.")
182 (skip-chars-backward "." pt)
183 (point)))))
185 ;;;###autoload
186 (defun locate (arg search-string &optional filter)
187 "Run the program `locate', putting results in `*Locate*' buffer.
188 With prefix arg, prompt for the locate command to run."
189 (interactive
190 (list
191 current-prefix-arg
192 (if (or (and current-prefix-arg (not locate-prompt-for-command))
193 (and (not current-prefix-arg) locate-prompt-for-command))
194 (read-from-minibuffer "Run locate command: "
195 nil nil nil 'locate-history-list)
196 (read-from-minibuffer "Locate: " (locate-word-at-point) nil
197 nil 'locate-history-list)
199 (let* ((locate-cmd-list (funcall locate-make-command-line search-string))
200 (locate-cmd (car locate-cmd-list))
201 (locate-cmd-args (cdr locate-cmd-list))
202 (run-locate-command
203 (or (and arg (not locate-prompt-for-command))
204 (and (not arg) locate-prompt-for-command)))
207 ;; Find the Locate buffer
208 (save-window-excursion
209 (set-buffer (get-buffer-create locate-buffer-name))
210 (locate-mode)
211 (erase-buffer)
213 (setq locate-current-filter filter)
215 (if run-locate-command
216 (shell-command search-string locate-buffer-name)
217 (apply 'call-process locate-cmd nil t nil locate-cmd-args))
219 (and filter
220 (locate-filter-output filter))
222 (locate-do-setup)
224 (and (not (string-equal (buffer-name) locate-buffer-name))
225 (switch-to-buffer-other-window locate-buffer-name))
227 (run-hooks 'dired-mode-hook)
228 (run-hooks 'locate-post-command-hook)
232 ;;;###autoload
233 (defun locate-with-filter (search-string filter)
234 "Run the locate command with a filter.
236 The filter is a regular expression. Only results matching the filter are
237 shown; this is often useful to constrain a big search."
238 (interactive
239 (list (read-from-minibuffer "Locate: " nil nil
240 nil 'locate-history-list)
241 (read-from-minibuffer "Filter: " nil nil
242 nil 'locate-grep-history-list)))
243 (locate nil search-string filter))
245 (defun locate-filter-output (filter)
246 "Filter output from the locate command."
247 (goto-char (point-min))
248 (delete-non-matching-lines filter))
250 (defvar locate-mode-map nil
251 "Local keymap for Locate mode buffers.")
252 (if locate-mode-map
255 (require 'dired)
257 (setq locate-mode-map (copy-keymap dired-mode-map))
259 ;; Undefine Useless Dired Menu bars
260 (define-key locate-mode-map [menu-bar Dired] 'undefined)
261 (define-key locate-mode-map [menu-bar subdir] 'undefined)
263 (define-key locate-mode-map [menu-bar mark executables] 'undefined)
264 (define-key locate-mode-map [menu-bar mark directory] 'undefined)
265 (define-key locate-mode-map [menu-bar mark directories] 'undefined)
266 (define-key locate-mode-map [menu-bar mark symlinks] 'undefined)
268 (define-key locate-mode-map [mouse-2] 'locate-mouse-view-file)
269 (define-key locate-mode-map "\C-c\C-t" 'locate-tags)
271 (define-key locate-mode-map "U" 'dired-unmark-all-files)
272 (define-key locate-mode-map "V" 'locate-find-directory)
275 ;; This variable is used to indent the lines and then to search for
276 ;; the file name
277 (defconst locate-filename-indentation 4
278 "The amount of indentation for each file.")
280 (defun locate-get-file-positions ()
281 (save-excursion
282 (end-of-line)
283 (let ((eol (point)))
284 (beginning-of-line)
286 ;; Assumes names end at the end of the line
287 (forward-char locate-filename-indentation)
288 (list (point) eol))))
290 ;; From SQL-mode
291 (defun locate-current-line-number ()
292 "Return the current line number, as an integer."
293 (+ (count-lines (point-min) (point))
294 (if (eq (current-column) 0)
296 0)))
298 (defun locate-get-filename ()
299 (let ((pos (locate-get-file-positions))
300 (lineno (locate-current-line-number)))
301 (and (not (eq lineno 1))
302 (not (eq lineno 2))
303 (buffer-substring (elt pos 0) (elt pos 1)))))
305 (defun locate-mouse-view-file (event)
306 "In Locate mode, view a file, using the mouse."
307 (interactive "@e")
308 (save-excursion
309 (goto-char (posn-point (event-start event)))
310 (view-file (locate-get-filename))))
312 ;; Define a mode for locate
313 ;; Default directory is set to "/" so that dired commands, which
314 ;; expect to be in a tree, will work properly
315 (defun locate-mode ()
316 "Major mode for the `*Locate*' buffer made by \\[locate]."
317 (kill-all-local-variables)
318 ;; Avoid clobbering this variables
319 (make-local-variable 'dired-subdir-alist)
320 (use-local-map locate-mode-map)
321 (setq major-mode 'locate-mode
322 mode-name "Locate"
323 default-directory "/")
324 (dired-alist-add-1 default-directory (point-min-marker))
325 (make-local-variable 'dired-move-to-filename-regexp)
326 ;; This should support both Unix and Windoze style names
327 (setq dired-move-to-filename-regexp
328 (concat "."
329 (make-string (1- locate-filename-indentation) ?\ )
330 "\\(/\\|[A-Za-z]:\\)"))
331 (make-local-variable 'dired-actual-switches)
332 (setq dired-actual-switches "")
333 (make-local-variable 'dired-permission-flags-regexp)
334 (setq dired-permission-flags-regexp
335 (concat "^.\\("
336 (make-string (1- locate-filename-indentation) ?\ )
337 "\\)"))
338 (make-local-variable 'revert-buffer-function)
339 (setq revert-buffer-function 'locate-update)
340 (run-hooks 'locate-mode-hook))
342 (defun locate-do-setup ()
343 (let ((search-string (car locate-history-list)))
344 (goto-char (point-min))
345 (save-excursion
347 ;; Nothing returned from locate command?
348 (and (eobp)
349 (progn
350 (kill-buffer locate-buffer-name)
351 (if locate-current-filter
352 (error "Locate: no match for %s in database using filter %s"
353 search-string locate-current-filter)
354 (error "Locate: no match for %s in database" search-string))))
356 (locate-insert-header search-string)
358 (while (not (eobp))
359 (insert-char ?\ locate-filename-indentation t)
360 (locate-set-properties)
361 (forward-line 1)))))
363 (defun locate-set-properties ()
364 (save-excursion
365 (let ((pos (locate-get-file-positions)))
366 (dired-insert-set-properties (elt pos 0) (elt pos 1)))))
368 (defun locate-insert-header (search-string)
369 (let ((locate-format-string "Matches for %s")
370 (locate-regexp-match
371 (concat " *Matches for \\(" (regexp-quote search-string) "\\)"))
372 (locate-format-args (list search-string))
375 (and locate-fcodes-file
376 (setq locate-format-string
377 (concat locate-format-string " in %s")
378 locate-regexp-match
379 (concat locate-regexp-match
380 " in \\("
381 (regexp-quote locate-fcodes-file)
382 "\\)")
383 locate-format-args
384 (append (list locate-fcodes-file) locate-format-args)))
386 (and locate-current-filter
387 (setq locate-format-string
388 (concat locate-format-string " using filter %s")
389 locate-regexp-match
390 (concat locate-regexp-match
391 " using filter "
392 "\\("
393 (regexp-quote locate-current-filter)
394 "\\)")
395 locate-format-args
396 (append (list locate-current-filter) locate-format-args)))
398 (setq locate-format-string
399 (concat locate-format-string ": \n\n")
400 locate-regexp-match
401 (concat locate-regexp-match ": \n"))
403 (insert (apply 'format locate-format-string (reverse locate-format-args)))
405 (save-excursion
406 (goto-char (point-min))
407 (if (not (looking-at locate-regexp-match))
409 (add-text-properties (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1)
410 (list 'face locate-header-face))
411 (and (match-beginning 2)
412 (add-text-properties (match-beginning 2) (match-end 2)
413 (list 'face locate-header-face)))
414 (and (match-beginning 3)
415 (add-text-properties (match-beginning 3) (match-end 3)
416 (list 'face locate-header-face)))
417 ))))
419 (defun locate-tags ()
420 "Visit a tags table in `*Locate*' mode."
421 (interactive)
422 (let ((tags-table (locate-get-filename)))
423 (and (y-or-n-p (format "Visit tags table %s? " tags-table))
424 (visit-tags-table tags-table))))
426 ;; From Stephen Eglen <stephen@cns.ed.ac.uk>
427 (defun locate-update (ignore1 ignore2)
428 "Update the locate database.
429 Database is updated using the shell command in `locate-update-command'."
430 (let ((str (car locate-history-list)))
431 (cond ((yes-or-no-p "Update locate database (may take a few seconds)? ")
432 (shell-command locate-update-command)
433 (locate nil str)))))
435 ;;; Modified three functions from `dired.el':
436 ;;; dired-find-directory,
437 ;;; dired-find-directory-other-window
438 ;;; dired-get-filename
440 (defun locate-find-directory ()
441 "Visit the directory of the file mentioned on this line."
442 (interactive)
443 (let ((directory-name (locate-get-dirname)))
444 (if (file-directory-p directory-name)
445 (find-file directory-name)
446 (if (file-symlink-p directory-name)
447 (error "Directory is a symlink to a nonexistent target")
448 (error "Directory no longer exists; run `updatedb' to update database")))))
450 (defun locate-find-directory-other-window ()
451 "Visit the directory of the file named on this line in other window."
452 (interactive)
453 (find-file-other-window (locate-get-dirname)))
455 (defun locate-get-dirname ()
456 "Return the directory name of the file mentioned on this line."
457 (let (file (filepos (locate-get-file-positions)))
458 (if (setq file (buffer-substring (nth 0 filepos) (nth 1 filepos)))
459 (progn
460 ;; Get rid of the mouse-face property that file names have.
461 (set-text-properties 0 (length file) nil file)
462 (setq file (file-name-directory file))
463 ;; Unquote names quoted by ls or by dired-insert-directory.
464 ;; Using read to unquote is much faster than substituting
465 ;; \007 (4 chars) -> ^G (1 char) etc. in a lisp loop.
466 (setq file
467 (read
468 (concat "\""
469 ;; some ls -b don't escape quotes, argh!
470 ;; This is not needed for GNU ls, though.
471 (or (dired-string-replace-match
472 "\\([^\\]\\|\\`\\)\"" file "\\1\\\\\"" nil t)
473 file)
474 "\"")))))
475 (and file buffer-file-coding-system
476 (not file-name-coding-system)
477 (setq file (encode-coding-string file buffer-file-coding-system)))
478 file))
480 ;; Only for GNU locate
481 (defun locate-in-alternate-database (search-string database)
482 "Run the GNU locate command, using an alternate database."
483 (interactive
484 (list
485 (progn
486 ;; (require 'locate)
487 (read-from-minibuffer "Locate: " nil nil
488 nil 'locate-history-list))
489 (read-file-name "Locate using Database: " )
491 (or (file-exists-p database)
492 (error "Database file %s does not exist" database))
493 (let ((locate-make-command-line
494 (function (lambda (string)
495 (cons locate-command
496 (list (concat "--database="
497 (expand-file-name database))
498 string))))))
499 (locate nil search-string)))
501 (provide 'locate)
503 ;;; locate.el ends here