#!/bin/bash

#

# cli_getFilesList.sh -- This function defines the list of FILES to

# process.

#

# Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Alain Reguera Delgado

# 

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# 

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

# $Id$

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

function cli_getFilesList {

    local LOCATION=''

    local FILTER=''

    local FILES=''

    # If first argument is provided to cli_getFilesList, use it as

    # default location. Otherwise, if first argument is not provided,

    # location takes the action value (ACTIONVAL) as default.

    if [[ "$1" != '' ]];then

        LOCATION="$1"

    else

        LOCATION="$ACTIONVAL"

    fi

    # If second argument is provided to cli_getFilesList, use it as

    # default extension to look for files. Otherwise, if second

    # argument is not provided, use flag filter instead.

    if [[ "$2" != '' ]];then

        FILTER="$2"

    else

        FILTER="$FLAG_FILTER"

    fi

    # Define filter as regular expression pattern. When we use regular

    # expressions with find, regular expressions are evaluated against

    # the whole file path.  This way, when the regular expression is

    # specified, we need to build it in a way that matches the whole

    # path. Doing so, everytime we pass the `--filter' option in the

    # command-line might be a tedious task. Instead, in the sake of

    # reducing some typing, we prepare the regular expression here to

    # match the whole path using the regular expression provided by

    # the user as pattern.

    FILTER="^${LOCATION}/${FILTER}$"

    # Define list of files to process.

    if [[ -d $LOCATION ]];then

        FILES=$(find $LOCATION -regextype posix-egrep -type f -regex "${FILTER}" | sort)

    elif [[ -f $LOCATION ]];then

        FILES=$LOCATION

    fi

    # Output list of files to process.

    echo "$FILES"

}