On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 10:26:03PM +0900, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: > > However ... hmm ... > > > >> find . \( -name 'CVS' -prune \) -o \( -name .git -prune \) -o -type d > >> -print | > >> while read DIR > >> -do [ "$DIR" != "." ] && ln -f -s `echo "$DIR" | sed > >> 's;/[^/]*;/..;g'`/tags "$DIR"/tags > >> +do [ "$DIR" != "." ] && ln -f -s `echo "$DIR" | sed > >> 's;/[^/]*;/..;g'`/$tags_file "$DIR"/$tags_file > >> done > > > > ... does this create a tags symlink on each directory? This seems > > strange to me, > > I don't know the original author's intention for this but I think it > makes use of the tag file in emacs a little bit easier. Emacs > confirms for the first time the default location of tags file under > the same directory where the source file resides. I can just hit > return key if there's a symlink of tags. If we do not create the > symlink, we have to specify the directory where the tags file was > originally created, which is a little bit annoying.
Yes, that is exactly the intent of why it uses symlinks in every directory. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Indecision is a decision. Inaction is an action. Mark Batterson
