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| author | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2022-12-05 13:50:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> | 2022-12-05 13:50:55 +0000 |
| commit | c216a7a21a25a701b84b79abc1ba6ab0baa3a311 (patch) | |
| tree | e8bda92c7339e1960d00dc035f0de82f3c2b975a /runtime/doc | |
| parent | 65214053f6a4bdb1099404a4b5dccb85ca3e5c7c (diff) | |
patch 9.0.1007: there is no way to get a list of swap file namesv9.0.1007
Problem: There is no way to get a list of swap file names.
Solution: Add the swapfilelist() function. Use it in the test script to
clean up. Remove deleting individual swap files.
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/builtin.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/usr_41.txt | 1 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/builtin.txt b/runtime/doc/builtin.txt index 1d701379ca..7ae3082205 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/builtin.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/builtin.txt @@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ submatch({nr} [, {list}]) String or List specific match in ":s" or substitute() substitute({expr}, {pat}, {sub}, {flags}) String all {pat} in {expr} replaced with {sub} +swapfilelist() List swap files found in 'directory' swapinfo({fname}) Dict information about swap file {fname} swapname({buf}) String swap file of buffer {buf} synID({lnum}, {col}, {trans}) Number syntax ID at {lnum} and {col} @@ -9314,6 +9315,17 @@ substitute({string}, {pat}, {sub}, {flags}) *substitute()* Can also be used as a |method|: > GetString()->substitute(pat, sub, flags) +swapfilelist() *swapfilelist()* + Returns a list of swap file names, like what "vim -r" shows. + See the |-r| command argument. The 'directory' option is used + for the directories to inspect. If you only want to get a + list of swap files in the current directory then temporarily + set 'directory' to a dot: > + let save_dir = &directory + let &directory = '.' + let swapfiles = swapfilelist() + let &directory = save_dir + swapinfo({fname}) *swapinfo()* The result is a dictionary, which holds information about the swapfile {fname}. The available fields are: diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt index 43a13d9861..850a4c5934 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt @@ -1031,6 +1031,7 @@ Buffers, windows and the argument list: getwininfo() get a list with window information getchangelist() get a list of change list entries getjumplist() get a list of jump list entries + swapfilelist() list of existing swap files in 'directory' swapinfo() information about a swap file swapname() get the swap file path of a buffer |