#!/bin/bash
#
# cli_getFilesList.sh -- This function defines the list of FILES to
# process.
#
# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Alain Reguera Delgado
# 
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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# 
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#
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# 
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# $Id$
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

function cli_getFilesList {

    local LOCATION=''

    # 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

    # Re-define regular expression (REGEX) global variable to reduce
    # the amount of characters we type in order to match find's
    # output. When using regular expression with find, in order to
    # reduce the amount files find, the regular expression is
    # evaluated in the whole path. This way, when the regular
    # expression is specified, we need to build it in a way that
    # matches the whole path. Doing so each time we pass a `--filter'
    # command-line argument may be a tedious task, so, 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.
    REGEX="^${LOCATION}/.*${REGEX}$"

    # Define list of files to process.
    if [[ -d $LOCATION ]];then
        FILES=$(find $LOCATION -regextype posix-egrep -type f -regex "${REGEX}")
    elif [[ -f $LOCATION ]];then
        FILES=$LOCATION
    fi

    # Check list of files to process. If we have an empty list of
    # files, inform about it and stop script execution.
    if [[ $FILES == '' ]];then
        cli_printMessage "`gettext "No file found."`" 'AsErrorLine'
        cli_printMessage "$(caller)" 'AsToKnowMoreLine'
    fi

}