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NAME

       sfind - shapeTools RMS recursively descend a system hierarchy

SYNOPSIS

       sfind [-subs | -comp] directory [command]

DESCRIPTION

       Sfind  recursively  descends  the system hierarchy of a software system
       managed by the shapeTools Release Management System  (shapeTools  RMS).
       Sfind  starts  it’s  search  from directory downwards. According to the
       shapeTools RMS conventions, directory must contain  a  Shapefile  which
       lists  the  subsystems  in  the  variable  SUBSYSTEMS and the subsystem
       components in the variable COMPONENTS. Each subsystem is visited.

       If  no  command  is  specified,  sfind  echoes  the  pathnames  of  the
       subsystems it finds, or, if the option -comp is given, the pathnames of
       the components of each subsystem.

       When a command is given, it  is  executed  in  the  directory  of  each
       subsystem.  The string ‘‘{}’’ in command is replaced by the pathname of
       the subsystem or component.

OPTIONS

       -subs  command is invoked for each subsystem.   This  is  the  default.
              ‘‘{}’’  in command is replaced by the pathname of the subsystem.

       -comp  command is invoked for each component.   ‘‘{}’’  in  command  is
              replaced by the pathname of the component.

EXAMPLES

       List all system components:

              sfind -comp ~/development

       Show the pathnames of all versionfiles:

              sfind ~/development echo -n {}/ \; shape -echo VERSIONFILE

       Echo identification of the last release of each subsystem:

              sfind ~/development vl -last -format \
                  \’\$__lastrelease\$\\n\’         \
                  \‘shape -echo VERSIONFILE\‘

       Necessary quoting to echo a pair of curly braces:

              sfind ~/development echo two \\{\\} braces

SEE ALSO

       find(1), sh(1), shape(1), shape_RMS(1), shape_tmpl(7)

CAVEATS

       Quoting of shell meta characters can be tough.

BUGS

       The  program  is slow because shape(1) is called at least once for each
       subsystem.

       When sfind  is  interrupted,  usually  shape(1)  displays  the  message
       ‘‘shape - interrupted’’, which may be confusing.

AUTHOR

       Andreas.Lampen@cs.tu-berlin.de