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1 ## Copyright (C) 2004 John W. Eaton
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2 ##
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3 ## This file is part of Octave.
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4 ##
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5 ## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 ## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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7 ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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8 ## any later version.
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9 ##
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10 ## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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11 ## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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12 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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13 ## General Public License for more details.
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14 ##
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15 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
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17 ## Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
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18 ## 02110-1301, USA.
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20 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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21 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} dir (@var{directory})
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22 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{list}] =} dir (@var{directory})
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23 ## Display file listing for directory @var{directory}. If a return
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24 ## value is requested, return a structure array with the fields
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25 ##
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26 ## @example
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27 ## @group
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28 ## name
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29 ## bytes
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30 ## date
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31 ## isdir
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32 ## statinfo
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33 ## @end group
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34 ## @end example
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35 ##
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36 ## @noindent
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37 ## in which @code{statinfo} is the structure returned from @code{stat}.
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38 ##
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39 ## If @var{directory} is not a directory, return information about the
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40 ## named file.
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41 ## @var{filename}.
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42 ## @seealso{ls, stat, readdir, glob, filesep}
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43 ## @end deftypefn
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44
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45 ## Author: jwe
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46
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47 ## XXX FIXME XXX -- this is quite slow for large directories, so perhaps
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48 ## it should be converted to C++.
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49
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50 function retval = dir (file)
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51
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52 if (nargin == 1)
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53 if (isstr (file))
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54 flst = glob (file);
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55 nf = length (flst);
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56 if (nf == 0)
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57 if (nargout > 0)
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58 ## XXX FIXME XXX -- need a way to create an empty (0x1)
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59 ## structure array.
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60 retval = [];
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61 else
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62 warning ("dir: nonexistent file \"%s\"", file);
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63 endif
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64 else
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65 nt = 0;
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66 len = zeros (nf, 1);
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67 finfo = cell (nf, 1);
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68 ## Collect results.
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69 for i = nf:-1:1
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70 fn = flst{i};
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71 if (isstr (fn))
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72 [st, err, msg] = lstat (fn);
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73 if (err < 0)
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74 warning ("dir: nonexistent file \"%s\"", fn);
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75 else
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76 if (st.modestr(1) == "d")
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77 lst = readdir (fn);
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78 n = length (lst);
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79 for j = n:-1:1
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80 tfn = lst{j};
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81 ## The lstat call seems to be the bottleneck for large
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82 ## directories.
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83 [st, err, msg] = lstat (strcat (fn, filesep, tfn));
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84 if (err < 0)
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85 warning ("dir: stat failed for %s (%s)", tfn, msg);
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86 else
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87 info(j).name = tfn;
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88 ## Generating the pretty time string also takes a
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89 ## significant amount of time for large directories.
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90 info(j).date = strftime ("%d-%b-%Y %T",
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91 localtime (st.mtime));
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92 info(j).bytes = st.size;
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93 info(j).isdir = st.modestr(1) == "d";
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94 info(j).statinfo = st;
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95 endif
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96 endfor
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97 else
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98 [dummy, fn, ext] = fileparts (fn);
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99 fn = strcat (fn, ext);
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100 info.name = fn;
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101 info.date = strftime ("%d-%b-%Y %T", localtime (st.mtime));
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102 info.bytes = st.size;
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103 info.isdir = st.modestr(1) == "d";
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104 info.statinfo = st;
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105 endif
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106 nt += (len(i) = length (info));
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107 finfo{i} = info;
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108 endif
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109 else
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110 error ("dir: expecting filename argument to be a string");
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111 endif
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112 endfor
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113 ## Condense results to a single struct array.
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114 ## XXX FIXME XXX -- need a way to create an empty (0x) struct
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115 ## array in case the file is nonexistent.
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116 if (nt == 0)
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117 file_list = [];
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118 else
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119 off = 1;
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120 for i = 1:nf
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121 tlen = len(i);
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122 file_list(off:off+tlen-1,1) = finfo{i}.';
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123 off += tlen;
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124 endfor
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125 endif
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126 if (nargout > 0)
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127 if (length (file_list) > 0)
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128 retval = file_list;
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129 else
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130 retval = [];
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131 endif
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132 else
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133 ## XXX FIXME XXX -- need a way to neatly list these in columns.
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134 for i = 1:nt
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135 printf (" %s\n", file_list(i).name);
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136 endfor
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137 endif
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138 endif
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139 else
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140 error ("dir: expecting directory or filename to be a string");
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141 endif
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142 else
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143 usage ("dir (file)");
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144 endif
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145
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146 endfunction