Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 11:27:56 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: simon@olofsson.de Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: mmv-1.01b.14 Message-ID: <20061005162756.GA53160@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20061005153032.GA2713@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20061005153032.GA2713@dan.emsphone.com>
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In the last episode (Oct 05), Dan Nelson said:
> The mmv update from 1.01b to 1.01b.14 that just got committed changes
> the "to" wildcard index character from '=' to '#'. The Debian sources
> the new version is based on is derived from the DOS version of mmv
> (which uses '#') where the original FreeBSD port referenced the Unix
> mmv (which uses '=').
Attached is a patch that allows both escape characters.
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Dan Nelson
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--- mmv.1 Thu Oct 5 10:41:34 2006
+++ mmv.1 Thu Oct 5 11:20:55 2006
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
and gives the user the choice of either
proceeding by avoiding the offending parts
or aborting.
-.I mmv does support large files (LFS) but it does *NOT* support
+.I mmv
+does support large files (LFS) but it does *NOT* support
sparse files (i.e. it explodes them).
.ce
The Task Options
@@ -348,7 +349,7 @@
with embedded
.I wildcard
.IR indexes ,
-where an index consists of the character '#'
+where an index consists of the character '#' or '='
followed by a string of digits.
When a source file matches a
.I from
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@
However, if "dir2\*(SLa" already exists and is itself a directory,
this is considered an error.
.PP
-To strip any character (e.g. '*', '?', or '#')
+To strip any character (e.g. '*', '?', '#', or '=')
of its special meaning to
.IR mmv ,
as when the actual replacement name must contain the character '#',
@@ -642,6 +643,15 @@
.SH "SEE ALSO"
mv(1), cp(1), ln(1), umask(1)
\}
+.SH "HISTORY"
+The original FreeBSD port of mmv was derived from the Usenet
+comp.sources.unix postings <2438@litchi.bbn.com>,
+<2439@litchi.bbn.com>, and <2643@litchi.bbn.com>.
+The current port is based on the comp.binaries.ibm.pc postings
+(no messageids available).
+The Unix version used '=' as the index escape character,
+while the MS-DOS version used '#'.
+This port allows both.
.SH "AUTHOR"
Vladimir Lanin
.br
--- mmv.c Thu Oct 5 10:36:36 2006
+++ mmv.c Thu Oct 5 10:38:31 2006
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@
%s [-m|x|r|c|o|a|l%s] [-h] [-d|p] [-g|t] [-v|n] [from to]\n\
\n\
Use #[l|u]N in the ``to'' pattern to get the [lowercase|uppercase of the]\n\
-string matched by the N'th ``from'' pattern wildcard.\n\
+string matched by the N'th ``from'' pattern wildcard. = can be used\n\
+instead of #.\n\
\n\
A ``from'' pattern containing wildcards should be quoted when given\n\
on the command line. Also you may need to quote ``to'' pattern.\n\
@@ -976,6 +977,9 @@
lastname = p + 1;
break;
case '#':
+ case '=':
+ {
+ char index_char=c;
c = *(++p);
if (c == 'l' || c == 'u') {
#ifdef IS_MSDOS
@@ -986,8 +990,8 @@
#endif
}
if (!isdigit(c)) {
- printf("%s -> %s : expected digit (not '%c') after #.\n",
- from, to, c);
+ printf("%s -> %s : expected digit (not '%c') after %c.\n",
+ from, to, c, index_char);
return(-1);
}
for(x = 0; ;x *= 10) {
@@ -998,8 +1002,8 @@
p++;
}
if (x < 1 || x > totwilds) {
- printf("%s -> %s : wildcard #%d does not exist.\n",
- from, to, x);
+ printf("%s -> %s : wildcard %c%d does not exist.\n",
+ from, to, index_char, x);
return(-1);
}
#ifdef IS_MSDOS
@@ -1007,6 +1011,7 @@
havedot = 1;
#endif
break;
+ }
case ESC:
if ((c = *(++p)) == '\0') {
printf(TRAILESC, from, to, ESC);
@@ -2029,7 +2034,7 @@
repbad = 0;
p = fullrep;
for (pat = to, l = 0; (c = *pat) != '\0'; pat++, l++) {
- if (c == '#') {
+ if (c == '#' || c == '=') {
c = *(++pat);
#ifndef IS_MSDOS
if (c == 'l') {
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