Pike v8.0 release 1738

Class Tools.Standalone.process_files

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Toole.Standalone.process_files Tools.Standalone.process_files
Description

Boilerplate to quickly whip up rsif-like hacks for creating file processing to churn away at stdin, or files and/or directories provided on the command line, recursively or not, creating backup files or not, listing the paths of all files action was taken for, and returning an exit status of how many files that would have been taken action on which could not be written back.

The all-round quickest way of making one of these tools is nicking the top portion of lib/modules/Tools.pmod/Standalone.pmod/process_files.pike or copying rsif.pike from the same directory. (The latter is 20 lines long, including docs, or about four lines of code.) Inherit process_files, and define your own version, description, usage, process, and, if you want arguments, want_args.


Variable default_flag_docs

string Tools.Standalone.process_files.default_flag_docs

Description

Flag docs to append to your usage description. Explains default options.


Variable description

string Tools.Standalone.process_files.description

Description

One-liner that gets shown for this tool when running pike -x without additional options. (Assuming your tool resides in Standalone.pmod.) Does not include the name of the tool itself; just provide a nice, terse description, ending with a period for conformity.


Inherit process_files

inherit Toole.Standalone.process_files : process_files


Variable overwrite

bool Tools.Standalone.process_files.overwrite

Description

0 to make backups, 1 to overwrite (default)


Variable recursive

bool Tools.Standalone.process_files.recursive

Description

1 to recurse into directories, 0 not to (default)


Variable usage

string Tools.Standalone.process_files.usage

Description

Long description of the purpose and usage of your tool, for --help and the case where not enough options are given on the command line. Its invocation mode (for instance "pike -x yourtool", when invoked that way) is prepended, and a list of available flags appended to this description.


Variable verbosity

int(0..) Tools.Standalone.process_files.verbosity

Description

0 in quiet mode, 1 by default, above = more output


Variable version

string Tools.Standalone.process_files.version

Description

Your hack's version number. If you version control your file with cvs, we suggest you set the contents of this variable to something that that will automatically expand to a number for every new revision, for instance

Example

string version = sprintf("%d.%d.%d",(int)__REAL_VERSION__,__REAL_MINOR__,__REAL_BUILD__);


Variable want_args

int Tools.Standalone.process_files.want_args

Description

The number of (mandatory) command-line options your hack needs and which your process callback wants (beside the input file). By default 0.