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FRIGN 3111908b03 Refactor recurse() again
Okay, why yet another recurse()-refactor?
The last one added the recursor-struct, which simplified things
on the user-end, but there was still one thing that bugged me a lot:
Previously, all fn()'s were forced to (l)stat the paths themselves.
This does not work well when you try to keep up with H-, L- and P-
flags at the same time, as each utility-function would have to set
the right function-pointer for (l)stat every single time.

This is not desirable. Furthermore, recurse should be easy to use
and not involve trouble finding the right (l)stat-function to do it
right.
So, what we needed was a stat-argument for each fn(), so it is
directly accessible. This was impossible to do though when the
fn()'s are still directly called by the programs to "start" the
recurse.
Thus, the fundamental change is to make recurse() the function to
go, while designing the fn()'s in a way they can "live" with st
being NULL (we don't want a null-pointer-deref).

What you can see in this commit is the result of this work. Why
all this trouble instead of using nftw?
The special thing about recurse() is that you tell the function
when to recurse() in your fn(). You don't need special flags to
tell nftw() to skip the subtree, just to give an example.

The only single downside to this is that now, you are not allowed
to unconditionally call recurse() from your fn(). It has to be
a directory.
However, that is a cost I think is easily weighed up by the
advantages.

Another thing is the history: I added a procedure at the end of
the outmost recurse to free the history. This way we don't leak
memory.

A simple optimization on the side:

-		if (h->dev == st.st_dev && h->ino == st.st_ino)
+		if (h->ino == st.st_ino && h->dev == st.st_dev)

First compare the likely difference in inode-numbers instead of
checking the unlikely condition that the device-numbers are
different.
2015-03-19 01:08:19 +01:00
libutf Add mkrunetype.awk 2015-02-23 20:36:47 +01:00
libutil Refactor recurse() again 2015-03-19 01:08:19 +01:00
LICENSE Update LICENSE 2015-02-18 12:30:34 +01:00
Makefile Remove apathmax() and implicitly agetcwd() 2015-03-18 15:20:35 +01:00
README Add notice on flags put in parentheses in README 2015-03-18 01:11:55 +01:00
TODO Remove file(1) from TODO 2015-03-06 11:26:28 +00:00
arg.h ARGNUMF() only works on base 10 as it uses strtonum underneath 2015-01-30 16:45:44 +00:00
basename.1 Refactor basename.1 2015-02-28 15:09:47 +01:00
basename.c Fix broken sbase-box due to multiple definitions of usage 2015-02-28 18:33:33 +00:00
cal.1 Audit cal(1) 2015-03-08 21:28:32 +01:00
cal.c style: document intentional fallthrough 2015-03-09 00:33:13 +01:00
cat.1 Audit cat(1) 2015-03-02 00:39:26 +01:00
cat.c Small style-fix in cat.c 2015-03-16 10:36:36 +01:00
chgrp.1 Audit chgrp(1) 2015-03-08 23:31:59 +01:00
chgrp.c Refactor recurse() again 2015-03-19 01:08:19 +01:00
chmod.1 Audit chmod(1) 2015-03-05 19:08:28 +01:00
chmod.c Refactor recurse() again 2015-03-19 01:08:19 +01:00
chown.1 Audit chown(1) 2015-03-09 00:42:23 +01:00
chown.c Refactor recurse() again 2015-03-19 01:08:19 +01:00
chroot.1 Finish up chroot(1) and md5sum(1) 2015-01-31 23:54:51 +01:00
chroot.c Don't return but _exit after failed exec*() and fork() 2015-03-09 01:12:59 +01:00
cksum.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
cksum.c cksum: Report exit status properly 2015-03-11 12:35:29 +00:00
cmp.1 Refactor cmp(1) code and manpage 2015-02-07 21:05:33 +01:00
cmp.c Print usage() when -l and -s are both given in cmp(1) 2015-03-11 13:31:08 +01:00
col.1 col.1: convert to mandoc 2015-03-07 13:56:13 +01:00
col.c Remove mallocarray(...) and use reallocarray(NULL, ...) 2015-03-11 10:50:18 +01:00
cols.1 Audit cols(1) 2015-03-08 19:49:59 +01:00
cols.c Audit cols(1) 2015-03-08 19:49:59 +01:00
comm.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
comm.c Audit comm(1) 2015-03-11 13:47:08 +01:00
compat.h Add compat.h 2014-11-17 15:46:28 +00:00
config.mk Add info about NetBSD to config.mk 2015-02-20 16:24:17 +00:00
cp.1 Audit cp(1) 2015-03-02 19:15:19 +01:00
cp.c Refactor enmasse() and recurse() to reflect depth 2015-03-02 22:50:38 +01:00
cron.1 cron.1: path macro for /etc/crontab 2015-02-06 15:43:23 +01:00
cron.c Use switch with fork() 2015-03-09 15:01:29 +01:00
crypt.h Refactor cryptcheck() to allow multiple list-files and stdin 2015-03-01 22:51:52 +01:00
cut.1 man pages: fix some typos 2015-02-01 21:28:17 +01:00
cut.c Audit cut(1) 2015-03-11 17:29:18 +01:00
date.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
date.c Audit date(1) 2015-03-02 15:12:19 +01:00
dirname.1 Audit dirname(1) 2015-02-28 19:51:07 +01:00
dirname.c Audit dirname(1) 2015-02-28 19:51:07 +01:00
du.1 Update manpage for du(1) 2015-02-18 20:42:23 +00:00
du.c Refactor recurse() again 2015-03-19 01:08:19 +01:00
echo.1 Audit echo(1) 2015-02-28 20:16:10 +01:00
echo.c Make already audited tools argv-centric instead of argc-centric 2015-03-02 14:19:26 +01:00
env.1 Audit env(1) 2015-03-02 14:53:24 +01:00
env.c Don't return but _exit after failed exec*() and fork() 2015-03-09 01:12:59 +01:00
expand.1 Audit expand(1) 2015-03-13 00:38:29 +01:00
expand.c Audit expand(1) 2015-03-13 00:38:29 +01:00
expr.1 Add periods in expr.1 2015-02-10 00:34:47 +01:00
expr.c untypedef expr, find, test, as is existing style in sbase 2015-03-17 20:04:26 +00:00
false.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
false.c Simplify true(1) and false(1) 2014-10-03 00:03:08 +01:00
find.1 add find.1, sed.1, time.1 stubs 2015-02-28 13:46:20 +01:00
find.c untypedef expr, find, test, as is existing style in sbase 2015-03-17 20:04:26 +00:00
fold.1 Audit fold(1) 2015-03-13 23:50:09 +01:00
fold.c Rewrite foldline() in fold(1) 2015-03-16 19:26:42 +01:00
fs.h Refactor recurse() again 2015-03-19 01:08:19 +01:00
grep.1 man pages: improve consistency 2015-02-01 20:52:28 +01:00
grep.c grep, kill, renice, sort: style: put main at bottom 2015-03-08 12:51:33 +01:00
head.1 Remove judging word from head.1 and tail.1 as well 2015-03-13 23:54:13 +01:00
head.c Small fix in head.c 2015-03-06 00:32:22 +01:00
hostname.1 Audit hostname(1) 2015-02-28 21:22:55 +01:00
hostname.c Audit hostname(1) 2015-02-28 21:22:55 +01:00
kill.1 Audit kill(1) 2015-03-16 12:37:46 +01:00
kill.c Audit kill(1) 2015-03-16 12:37:46 +01:00
link.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
link.c Audit unlink(1) 2015-02-28 20:05:22 +01:00
ln.1 Audit ln(1) 2015-03-05 21:14:43 +01:00
ln.c Audit ln(1) 2015-03-05 21:14:43 +01:00
logger.1 Audit logger(1) 2015-03-07 00:10:22 +01:00
logger.c Add estrlcat() and estrlcpy() 2015-03-17 11:24:49 +01:00
logname.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
logname.c Audit logname(1) 2015-03-17 00:44:18 +01:00
ls.1 ls: add -n option 2015-02-22 12:30:47 +00:00
ls.c Remove apathmax() and implicitly agetcwd() 2015-03-18 15:20:35 +01:00
md5.h Add crypt.[ch] and update md5sum and sha1sum 2013-07-18 09:51:17 -04:00
md5sum.1 Update *sum(1)-manpages and mark them as finished and audited 2015-03-01 22:59:20 +01:00
md5sum.c Refactor cryptcheck() to allow multiple list-files and stdin 2015-03-01 22:51:52 +01:00
mkdir.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
mkdir.c Three bugfixes in mkdir(1) 2015-03-13 12:23:22 +01:00
mkfifo.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
mkfifo.c Audit mkfifo(1) 2015-03-02 17:25:29 +01:00
mktemp.1 Finish up printenv(1) 2015-02-01 00:23:38 +01:00
mktemp.c Add estrlcat() and estrlcpy() 2015-03-17 11:24:49 +01:00
mv.1 Audit mv(1) 2015-03-04 23:22:43 +01:00
mv.c Refactor recurse() again 2015-03-19 01:08:19 +01:00
nice.1 Audit nice(1) 2015-03-02 16:53:13 +01:00
nice.c Don't return but _exit after failed exec*() and fork() 2015-03-09 01:12:59 +01:00
nl.1 nl: add -l option 2015-03-10 12:55:06 +00:00
nl.c nl: add -l option 2015-03-10 12:55:06 +00:00
nohup.1 Add EXIT STATUS to nohup.1 2015-03-05 00:27:36 +01:00
nohup.c Don't return but _exit after failed exec*() and fork() 2015-03-09 01:12:59 +01:00
paste.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
paste.c Audit paste(1) 2015-03-17 21:34:38 +01:00
printenv.1 Finish up printenv(1) 2015-02-01 00:23:38 +01:00
printenv.c Make already audited tools argv-centric instead of argc-centric 2015-03-02 14:19:26 +01:00
printf.1 Add printf(1) 2015-02-15 14:46:58 +01:00
printf.c Audit printf(1) 2015-03-17 21:43:01 +01:00
pwd.1 Audit pwd(1) 2015-03-03 17:24:14 +01:00
pwd.c Remove apathmax() and implicitly agetcwd() 2015-03-18 15:20:35 +01:00
queue.h Use queue.h in grep(1) 2014-11-16 12:39:15 +00:00
readlink.1 Edit readlink.1 and document missing flags 2015-02-01 00:43:43 +01:00
readlink.c Add estrlcat() and estrlcpy() 2015-03-17 11:24:49 +01:00
renice.1 Audit renice(1) 2015-03-17 22:15:09 +01:00
renice.c Audit renice(1) 2015-03-17 22:15:09 +01:00
rm.1 Audit rm(1) 2015-02-28 21:31:23 +01:00
rm.c Refactor recurse() again 2015-03-19 01:08:19 +01:00
rmdir.1 Update rmdir.1 as well 2015-03-02 17:14:29 +01:00
rmdir.c Add argv0 to usage() in rmdir.c 2015-03-02 16:24:08 +01:00
sed.1 add find.1, sed.1, time.1 stubs 2015-02-28 13:46:20 +01:00
sed.c Add estrlcat() and estrlcpy() 2015-03-17 11:24:49 +01:00
seq.1 man pages: improve consistency 2015-02-01 20:52:28 +01:00
seq.c seq, xargs: style: put main at bottom 2015-03-07 13:36:40 +01:00
setsid.1 Finish up setsid(1) 2015-02-01 00:47:32 +01:00
setsid.c fork: no need to _exit() on the error case 2015-03-10 20:05:18 +01:00
sha1.h Add crypt.[ch] and update md5sum and sha1sum 2013-07-18 09:51:17 -04:00
sha1sum.1 Update *sum(1)-manpages and mark them as finished and audited 2015-03-01 22:59:20 +01:00
sha1sum.c Refactor cryptcheck() to allow multiple list-files and stdin 2015-03-01 22:51:52 +01:00
sha256.h Add sha256sum(1) 2013-07-20 13:20:16 -04:00
sha256sum.1 Update *sum(1)-manpages and mark them as finished and audited 2015-03-01 22:59:20 +01:00
sha256sum.c Refactor cryptcheck() to allow multiple list-files and stdin 2015-03-01 22:51:52 +01:00
sha512.h Add sha512sum(1) 2013-08-04 11:00:34 -04:00
sha512sum.1 Update *sum(1)-manpages and mark them as finished and audited 2015-03-01 22:59:20 +01:00
sha512sum.c Refactor cryptcheck() to allow multiple list-files and stdin 2015-03-01 22:51:52 +01:00
sleep.1 Add .Os sbase and sed replace to .Os sbase $(VERSION) in make install 2015-01-31 19:37:03 +00:00
sleep.c Audit sleep(1) 2015-02-28 20:10:25 +01:00
sort.1 sort: minor manual page adjustments 2015-02-01 21:46:58 +01:00
sort.c grep, kill, renice, sort: style: put main at bottom 2015-03-08 12:51:33 +01:00
split.1 Audit split(1) 2015-03-17 22:59:48 +01:00
split.c Audit split(1) 2015-03-17 22:59:48 +01:00
sponge.1 Refactor sponge(1) code and manpage 2015-02-08 22:17:21 +01:00
sponge.c Audit sponge(1) 2015-03-01 23:42:16 +01:00
strings.1 chown.1, strings.1: fix date 2015-02-28 13:43:29 +01:00
strings.c Audit strings(1) 2015-03-17 23:05:50 +01:00
sync.1 Refactor sync(1) code and manpage 2015-02-08 22:08:14 +01:00
sync.c Add arg.h-handling to sync(1) and unlink(1) 2015-02-08 22:13:50 +01:00
tail.1 Audit tail(1) 2015-03-17 23:24:43 +01:00
tail.c Audit tail(1) 2015-03-17 23:24:43 +01:00
tar.1 tar.1: add symbolic link dereferencing to manpage 2015-02-09 22:54:53 +00:00
tar.c Refactor recurse() again 2015-03-19 01:08:19 +01:00
tee.1 Audit tee(1) 2015-03-04 23:05:11 +01:00
tee.c Audit tee(1) 2015-03-04 23:05:11 +01:00
test.1 Audit test(1) 2015-03-17 23:35:11 +01:00
test.c Audit test(1) 2015-03-17 23:35:11 +01:00
text.h Use size_t for number of lines in linebuf 2015-01-31 22:49:43 +00:00
time.1 Add time(1) manpage 2015-03-05 00:22:36 +01:00
time.c fork: no need to _exit() on the error case 2015-03-10 20:05:18 +01:00
touch.1 Audit touch(1) 2015-03-17 23:38:09 +01:00
touch.c Audit touch(1) 2015-03-17 23:38:09 +01:00
tr.1 Update escape-sequence information in tr.1 2015-02-15 14:56:49 +01:00
tr.c Audit tr(1) 2015-03-17 23:41:22 +01:00
true.1 man pages: improve consistency 2015-02-01 20:52:28 +01:00
true.c Simplify true(1) and false(1) 2014-10-03 00:03:08 +01:00
tty.1 Refactor tty(1) code and manpage 2015-02-07 22:00:28 +01:00
tty.c Audit tty(1) 2015-02-28 19:59:34 +01:00
uname.1 Refactor uname(1) code and manpage 2015-02-07 22:15:56 +01:00
uname.c Clean up #includes 2015-02-14 21:12:23 +01:00
unexpand.1 Refactor unexpand(1) code and manpage, adding tablist support 2015-02-08 21:24:22 +01:00
unexpand.c Audit unexpand(1) 2015-03-17 23:45:03 +01:00
uniq.1 Audit uniq(1) 2015-03-17 23:59:09 +01:00
uniq.c Audit uniq(1) 2015-03-17 23:59:09 +01:00
unlink.1 Refactor unlink(1) code and manpage 2015-02-08 21:59:59 +01:00
unlink.c Audit unlink(1) 2015-02-28 20:05:22 +01:00
utf.h Scrap chartorunearr(), introducing utftorunestr() 2015-02-11 21:32:09 +01:00
util.h Remove apathmax() and implicitly agetcwd() 2015-03-18 15:20:35 +01:00
uudecode.1 Audit uudecode(1) 2015-03-18 00:10:36 +01:00
uudecode.c Audit uudecode(1) 2015-03-18 00:10:36 +01:00
uuencode.1 Remove comma from uuencode.1 2015-03-18 00:18:28 +01:00
uuencode.c Audit uuencode(1) 2015-03-18 00:14:56 +01:00
wc.1 Audit wc(1) 2015-03-18 00:20:19 +01:00
wc.c Audit wc(1) 2015-03-18 00:20:19 +01:00
xargs.1 xargs.1: dont justify text, remove " " 2015-02-06 15:43:46 +01:00
xargs.c fork: no need to _exit() on the error case 2015-03-10 20:05:18 +01:00
yes.1 Finish up yes(1) by adding multiple string support 2015-02-01 02:13:47 +01:00
yes.c Make already audited tools argv-centric instead of argc-centric 2015-03-02 14:19:26 +01:00

README

sbase - suckless unix tools
===========================

sbase  is a  collection of  unix  tools that  are inherently  portable
across UNIX and UNIX-like systems.

The following tools are implemented ('*' == finished, '#' == UTF-8 support,
'=' == implicit UTF-8 support, '|' == audited, () == petty flag):

    UTILITY         POSIX 2008 COMPLIANT         MISSING OPTIONS
    -------         --------------------         ---------------
=*| basename        yes                          none
=*| cal             yes                          none
=*| cat             yes                          none
=*| chgrp           yes                          none
=*| chmod           yes                          none
=*| chown           yes                          none
=*| chroot          non-posix                    none
=*| cksum           yes                          none
=*| cmp             yes                          none
#*| cols            non-posix                    none
    col             yes                          none
=*| comm            yes                          none
=*| cp              yes                          none (-i)
=*| cron            non-posix                    none
#*| cut             yes                          none
=*| date            yes                          none
=*| dirname         yes                          none
=*| du              yes                          none
=*| echo            yes                          none
=*| env             yes                          none
#*| expand          yes                          none
#*  expr            yes                          none
=*| false           yes                          none
=   find            yes                          none
#*| fold            yes                          none
=*  grep            yes                          none
=*| head            yes                          none
=*| hostname        non-posix                    none
=*| kill            yes                          none
=*| link            yes                          none
=*| ln              yes                          none
=*| logger          yes                          none
=*| logname         yes                          none
#   ls              no                           (-C), -S, -f, (-m), (-s), (-x)
=*| md5sum          non-posix                    none
=*| mkdir           yes                          none
=*| mkfifo          yes                          none
=*| mktemp          non-posix                    none
=*| mv              yes                          none (-i)
=*| nice            yes                          none
=   nl              no                           -d, -f, -h, -p
=*| nohup           yes                          none
#*| paste           yes                          none
=*| printenv        non-posix                    none
#*| printf          yes                          none
=*| pwd             yes                          none
=   readlink        non-posix                    none
=*| renice          yes                          none
=*| rm              yes                          none (-i)
=*| rmdir           yes                          none
#   sed
    seq             non-posix                    none
=*| setsid          non-posix                    none
=*| sha1sum         non-posix                    none
=*| sha256sum       non-posix                    none
=*| sha512sum       non-posix                    none
=*| sleep           yes                          none
    sort            no                           -m, -o, -d, -f, -i
=*| split           yes                          none
=*| sponge          non-posix                    none
#*| strings         yes                          none
=*| sync            non-posix                    none
=*| tail            yes                          none
=*  tar             non-posix                    none
=*| tee             yes                          none
=*| test            yes                          none
=*| time            yes                          none
=*| touch           yes                          none
#*| tr              yes                          none
=*| true            yes                          none
=*| tty             yes                          none
=*| uname           yes                          none
#*| unexpand        yes                          none
=*| uniq            yes                          none
=*| unlink          yes                          none
=*| uudecode        yes                          none
=*| uuencode        yes                          none
#*| wc              yes                          none
=   xargs           no                           -I, -L, -p, -s, -t, -x
=*| yes             non-posix                    none

The  complement of  sbase  is  ubase[1] which  is  Linux-specific  and
provides all  the non-portable tools.   Together they are  intended to
form a base system similar to busybox but much smaller and suckless.

Building
--------

To  build sbase,  simply  type  make.  You  may  have  to fiddle  with
config.mk depending on your system.

You  can  also  build  sbase-box,  which  generates  a  single  binary
containing  all  the  required  tools.    You  can  then  symlink  the
individual tools to sbase-box or run: make sbase-box-install

Ideally you will  want to statically link sbase.  If  you are on Linux
we recommend using musl-libc[2].

Portability
-----------

sbase has been  compiled on a variety of  different operating systems,
including Linux, *BSD, OSX, Haiku, Solaris, SCO OpenServer and others.

Various combinations of operating  systems and architectures have also
been built.

You can build sbase with gcc, clang, tcc, nwcc and pcc.

[1] http://git.suckless.org/ubase/
[2] http://www.musl-libc.org/