This is xf(1), an X11R4 utility for generating lists of filenames. It is useful as a keyboard-replacement when selecting files to delete, copy, tar, etc.. Some examples of xf(1) usage are: 403 % rm `xf /data/x11r3/stuff` 404 % cp `xf ../xwatch` . 405 % foreach f (`xf /usr/man/man1`) ? troff -man $f | lpr -Plz -t ? end Xf(1) is written primarily in ANSI C, except for the Set widget (a corruption of the Athena List widget) which remains in the original pcc dialect. The code assumes the existence of the POSIX-standard directory-access routines (see below), and uses the getopt(1) routine to parse the (currently few) command line arguments. Getopt(1) and the POSIX directory-access routines are available from the comp.sources.unix archives. If you find bugs or have suggestions for improvement of the xf(1) program, please notify me and I will make appropriate changes in future releases of xf(1). Thanks to Erik M. van der Poel (ddlab!sran8.sra.junet!erik@uunet.uu.net) for portability suggestions, which i hope i've properly followed. Gary Shea Dep't of Chemistry, UC Berkeley garys@earth.cchem.berkeley.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------- About the POSIX-standard directory routines: If you have the files /usr/include/dirent.h OR /usr/include/sys/dir.h you've probably got them. The functions in question are opendir(3), readdir(3), closedir(3). If you have the file /usr/include/sys/dir.h, be sure to define BSD_DIR in the Makefile or Imakefile (there's a note there). If you have neither, you'll be unable to build xf(1). Machines that definitely CAN build xf(1) include Sun 3's, ULTRIX and BSD vaxen, and the DEC 3100 (PMAX).
