GNU bug report logs - #4982
rgrep can't deal with .gz files

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (Emacs bug Tracking System)
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: bug#4982 closed by Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org> (Re: bug#4982:
 rgrep can't deal with .gz files)
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:40:11 +0000

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report
which was filed against the emacs package:

#4982: rgrep can't deal with .gz files

It has been closed by Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>.

Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a
better one in a separate message then please contact Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org> by
replying to this email.


-- 
4982: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=4982
Emacs Bug Tracking System
Contact help-debbugs <at> gnu.org with problems

[Message part 2 (message/rfc822, inline)]

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: 4982-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#4982: rgrep can't deal with .gz files
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:28:14 +0200

>> By the way, some ugliness now that I set grep-command to zgrep:
>>
>> gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
>> ./libchewing3-data_0.3.0-2_i386.deb:Binary file (standard input) matches
>>
>> gzip: stdout: Broken pipe
>> ./Nokia_3315_APAC_UG_En.pdf:Binary file (standard input) matches
>
> Yes, zgrep incorrectly processes non-gzipped files.  To search
> recursively in gzipped files, I created a new command `zrgrep'.
> It works like `rgrep' but uses `zgrep' for `grep-program', sets the default
> file name to `*.gz', and sets `grep-highlight-matches' to `always'."

I installed a new command `zrgrep' to search recursively in gzipped files.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/

[Message part 3 (message/rfc822, inline)]

From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: rgrep can't deal with .gz files
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:42:45 +0800

rgrep should be enhanced so if it encounters .gz files it knows what to do.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.