The GNU-specific option -a lets xargs read the arguments from a file rather than from stdin.
This is particularly convenient when debugging in gdb interactively, and it might be of more general use. function old new delta xargs_main 841 923 +82 .rodata 164296 164330 +34 packed_usage 32073 32085 +12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 3/0 up/down: 128/0) Total: 128 bytes Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]> --- As stated in the commit message, this was used for debugging, so I could imagine that we'd want it to default to N... findutils/xargs.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/findutils/xargs.c b/findutils/xargs.c index 77e01ef6c..31f33c697 100644 --- a/findutils/xargs.c +++ b/findutils/xargs.c @@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ //config: bool "Enable -P N: processes to run in parallel" //config: default y //config: depends on XARGS +//config: +//config:config FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ARGS_FILE +//config: bool "Enable --arg-file PATH: use file instead of stdin" +//config: default y +//config: depends on XARGS //applet:IF_XARGS(APPLET_NOEXEC(xargs, xargs, BB_DIR_USR_BIN, BB_SUID_DROP, xargs)) @@ -517,6 +522,9 @@ static int xargs_ask_confirmation(void) //usage: IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM( //usage: "\n -0 Input is separated by NUL characters" //usage: ) +//usage: IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ARGS_FILE( +//usage: "\n -a PATH Read args from file instead of stdin" +//usage: ) //usage: "\n -t Print the command on stderr before execution" //usage: "\n -e[STR] STR stops input processing" //usage: "\n -n N Pass no more than N args to PROG" @@ -565,7 +573,8 @@ enum { IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_TERMOPT( "x") \ IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM( "0") \ IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_REPL_STR( "I:i::") \ - IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_PARALLEL( "P:+") + IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_PARALLEL( "P:+") \ + IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ARGS_FILE( "a:") int xargs_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE; int xargs_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv) @@ -584,6 +593,7 @@ int xargs_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv) #else #define read_args process_stdin #endif + IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_PARALLEL(char *opt_a = NULL;) INIT_G(); @@ -592,6 +602,7 @@ int xargs_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv) &max_args, &max_chars, &G.eof_str, &G.eof_str IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_REPL_STR(, &G.repl_str, &G.repl_str) IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_PARALLEL(, &G.max_procs) + IF_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ARGS_FILE(, &opt_a) ); #if ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_PARALLEL @@ -599,6 +610,16 @@ int xargs_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv) G.max_procs = 100; /* let's not go crazy high */ #endif +#if ENABLE_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ARGS_FILE + if (opt_a) { + int fd = open(opt_a, O_RDONLY); + if (fd < 0) + bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't open '%s'", opt_a); + if (dup2(fd, 0) < 0) + bb_perror_msg_and_die("Could not reopen stdin"); + } +#endif + /* -E ""? You may wonder why not just omit -E? * This is used for portability: * old xargs was using "_" as default for -E / -e */ base-commit: 14551b7036acf98f81d76674f351ce99148762c8 -- 2.14.1.windows.1.48.g37d08f901a6 Published-As: https://github.com/dscho/busybox-w32/releases/tag/xargs-a-v1 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/dscho/busybox-w32 xargs-a-v1 _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
