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@@ -22,18 +22,17 @@
.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder
.\" shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use
.\" or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization
.\" of the copyright holder.
.\" Portions Copyright (c) 2007, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
-.TH PCA_LOOKUP_FILE 3TECLA "Aug 13, 2007"
+.TH PCA_LOOKUP_FILE 3TECLA "January 18, 2020"
.SH NAME
pca_lookup_file, del_PathCache, del_PcaPathConf, new_PathCache,
new_PcaPathConf, pca_last_error, pca_path_completions, pca_scan_path,
pca_set_check_fn, ppc_file_start, ppc_literal_escapes \- lookup a file in a
list of directories
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR\&.\|.\|. ] \fIfile\fR\&.\|.\|. \fB-ltecla\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR\&.\|.\|. ]
#include <libtecla.h>
\fBchar *\fR\fBpca_lookup_file\fR(\fBPathCache *\fR\fIpc\fR, \fBconst char *\fR\fIname\fR,
@@ -90,12 +89,10 @@
.nf
\fBvoid\fR \fBppc_literal_escapes\fR(\fBPcaPathConf *\fR\fIppc\fR, \fBint\fR \fIliteral\fR);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.sp
-.LP
The \fBPathCache\fR object is part of the \fBlibtecla\fR(3LIB) library.
\fBPathCache\fR objects allow an application to search for files in any colon
separated list of directories, such as the UNIX execution \fBPATH\fR
environment variable. Files in absolute directories are cached in a
\fBPathCache\fR object, whereas relative directories are scanned as needed.
@@ -103,15 +100,13 @@
filename, or you can obtain a list of the possible completions of a given
filename prefix. By default all files in the list of directories are targets
for lookup and completion, but a versatile mechanism is provided for only
selecting specific types of files. The obvious application of this facility is
to provide Tab-completion and lookup of executable commands in the UNIX
-\fBPATH\fR, so an optional callback which rejects all but executable files, is
+\fBPATH\fR, so an optional callback which rejects all but executable files is
provided.
.SS "An Example"
-.sp
-.LP
Under UNIX, the following example program looks up and displays the full
pathnames of each of the command names on the command line.
.sp
.in +2
.nf
@@ -167,19 +162,15 @@
$
.fi
.in -2
.SS "Function Descriptions"
-.sp
-.LP
To use the facilities of this module, you must first allocate a \fBPathCache\fR
object by calling the \fBnew_PathCache()\fR constructor function. This function
creates the resources needed to cache and lookup files in a list of
directories. It returns \fINULL\fR on error.
.SS "Populating The Cache"
-.sp
-.LP
Once you have created a cache, it needs to be populated with files. To do this,
call the \fBpca_scan_path()\fR function. Whenever this function is called, it
discards the current contents of the cache, then scans the list of directories
specified in its path argument for files. The path argument must be a string
containing a colon-separated list of directories, such as
@@ -193,12 +184,10 @@
.sp
.LP
On success this function return 0. On error it returns 1, and a description of
the error can be obtained by calling \fBpca_last_error\fR(\fIpc\fR).
.SS "Looking Up Files"
-.sp
-.LP
Once the cache has been populated with files, you can look up the full pathname
of a file, simply by specifying its filename to \fBpca_lookup_file()\fR.
.sp
.LP
To make it possible to pass this function a filename which is actually part of
@@ -208,12 +197,10 @@
the \fIname\fR[] string might contain backslashes that escape the special
meanings of spaces and tabs within the filename, give the \fIliteral\fR
argument the value 0. Otherwise, if backslashes should be treated as normal
characters, pass 1 for the value of the \fIliteral\fR argument.
.SS "Filename Completion"
-.sp
-.LP
Looking up the potential completions of a filename-prefix in the filename cache
is achieved by passing the provided \fBpca_path_completions()\fR callback
function to the \fBcpl_complete_word\fR(3TECLA) function.
.sp
.LP
@@ -248,12 +235,10 @@
.sp
.LP
When you have finished with a \fBPcaPathConf\fR variable, you can pass it to
the \fBdel_PcaPathConf()\fR destructor function to reclaim its memory.
.SS "Being Selective"
-.sp
-.LP
If you are only interested in certain types or files, such as, for example,
executable files, or files whose names end in a particular suffix, you can
arrange for the file completion and lookup functions to be selective in the
filenames that they return. This is done by registering a callback function
with your \fBPathCache\fR object. Thereafter, whenever a filename is found
@@ -261,11 +246,11 @@
being completed, your callback function will be called with the full pathname
of the file, plus any application-specific data that you provide. If the
callback returns 1 the filename will be reported as a match. If it returns 0,
it will be ignored. Suitable callback functions and their prototypes should be
declared with the following macro. The \fBCplCheckFn\fR typedef is also
-provided in case you wish to declare pointers to such functions
+provided in case you wish to declare pointers to such functions.
.sp
.in +2
.nf
#define CPL_CHECK_FN(fn) int (fn)(void *data, const char *pathname)
typedef CPL_CHECK_FN(CplCheckFn);
@@ -300,36 +285,28 @@
that it makes is cached, and the next time the corresponding file is looked up,
instead of calling the callback again, the cached record of whether it was
accepted or rejected is used. Thus if somebody tries to complete an empty
string, and hits tab a second time when nothing appears to happen, there will
only be one long delay, since the second pass will operate entirely from the
-cached dispositions of the files. These cached dipositions are discarded
+cached dispositions of the files. These cached dispositions are discarded
whenever \fBpca_scan_path()\fR is called, and whenever \fBpca_set_check_fn()\fR
is called with changed callback function or \fIdata\fR arguments.
.SS "Error Handling"
-.sp
-.LP
If \fBpca_scan_path()\fR reports that an error occurred by returning 1, you can
obtain a terse description of the error by calling
\fBpca_last_error\fR(\fIpc\fR). This returns an internal string containing an
error message.
.SS "Cleaning Up"
-.sp
-.LP
Once you have finished using a \fBPathCache\fR object, you can reclaim its
resources by passing it to the \fBdel_PathCache()\fR destructor function. This
takes a pointer to one of these objects, and always returns \fINULL\fR.
.SS "Thread Safety"
-.sp
-.LP
It is safe to use the facilities of this module in multiple threads, provided
that each thread uses a separately allocated \fBPathCache\fR object. In other
words, if two threads want to do path searching, they should each call
\fBnew_PathCache()\fR to allocate their own caches.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
-.sp
-.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
.sp
.TS
@@ -342,9 +319,7 @@
_
MT-Level MT-Safe
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO
-.sp
-.LP
\fBcpl_complete_word\fR(3TECLA), \fBef_expand_file\fR(3TECLA),
\fBgl_get_line\fR(3TECLA), \fBlibtecla\fR(3LIB), \fBattributes\fR(5)