Manuel Ortega wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Patch 7.4.654
> > Problem: glob() and globpath() cannot include links to non-existing
> > files.
> > (Charles Campbell)
> > Solution: Add an argument to include all links with glob(). (James McCoy)
> > Also for globpath().
> > Files: src/vim.h, src/eval.c, src/ex_getln.c
> >
>
> There are no updates to the docs yet, so I don't know how to make use of
> this new feature.
>
> I supposed it would be a 0-or-1 sort of thing like the other two optional
> arguments that glob() take, but experimentation on OSX 10.10.2 revealed
> that that approach did not work. I had a non-referring link that was not
> returned in the output, no matter whether I made the new optional argument
> be 0 or 1.
I'll push the docs soon. Here is the relevant part:
glob({expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {alllinks}]]]) *glob()*
Expand the file wildcards in {expr}. See |wildcards| for the
use of special characters.
Unless the optional {nosuf} argument is given and is non-zero,
the 'suffixes' and 'wildignore' options apply: Names matching
one of the patterns in 'wildignore' will be skipped and
'suffixes' affect the ordering of matches.
'wildignorecase' always applies.
When {list} is present and it is non-zero the result is a List
with all matching files. The advantage of using a List is,
you also get filenames containing newlines correctly.
Otherwise the result is a String and when there are several
matches, they are separated by <NL> characters.
If the expansion fails, the result is an empty String or List.
A name for a non-existing file is not included. A symbolic
link is only included if it points to an existing file.
However, when the {alllinks} argument is present and it is
non-zero then all symbolic links are included.
For most systems backticks can be used to get files names from
any external command. Example: >
:let tagfiles = glob("`find . -name tags -print`")
:let &tags = substitute(tagfiles, "\n", ",", "g")
< The result of the program inside the backticks should be one
item per line. Spaces inside an item are allowed.
See |expand()| for expanding special Vim variables. See
|system()| for getting the raw output of an external command.
*globpath()*
globpath({path}, {expr} [, {nosuf} [, {list} [, {allinks}]]])
Perform glob() on all directories in {path} and concatenate
the results. Example: >
:echo globpath(&rtp, "syntax/c.vim")
<
{path} is a comma-separated list of directory names. Each
directory name is prepended to {expr} and expanded like with
|glob()|. A path separator is inserted when needed.
To add a comma inside a directory name escape it with a
backslash. Note that on MS-Windows a directory may have a
trailing backslash, remove it if you put a comma after it.
If the expansion fails for one of the directories, there is no
error message.
Unless the optional {nosuf} argument is given and is non-zero,
the 'suffixes' and 'wildignore' options apply: Names matching
one of the patterns in 'wildignore' will be skipped and
'suffixes' affect the ordering of matches.
When {list} is present and it is non-zero the result is a List
with all matching files. The advantage of using a List is, you
also get filenames containing newlines correctly. Otherwise
the result is a String and when there are several matches,
they are separated by <NL> characters. Example: >
:echo globpath(&rtp, "syntax/c.vim", 0, 1)
<
{allinks} is used as with |glob()|.
The "**" item can be used to search in a directory tree.
For example, to find all "README.txt" files in the directories
in 'runtimepath' and below: >
:echo globpath(&rtp, "**/README.txt")
< Upwards search and limiting the depth of "**" is not
supported, thus using 'path' will not always work properly.
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