I think there is a missing - (e.g. -n maxargs) on:
eprintf("usage: %s [n maxargs] [-r] [-E eofstr] [cmd [arg...]]
On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 06:11:53PM +0200, [email protected] wrote:
> commit 1be58188ad3487e07f72c0190eb4775c52beced5
> Author: Hiltjo Posthuma <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed Apr 9 17:35:29 2014 +0200
>
> xargs: implement -n
>
> Signed-off-by: Hiltjo Posthuma <[email protected]>
>
> diff --git a/xargs.c b/xargs.c
> index 8e6ba61..564eee8 100644
> --- a/xargs.c
> +++ b/xargs.c
> @@ -26,14 +26,15 @@ static char *cmd[NARGS];
> static char *argb;
> static size_t argbsz;
> static size_t argbpos;
> +static long maxargs = 0;
> static int nerrors = 0;
> static char *eofstr;
> -static int rflag = 0;
> +static int rflag = 0, nflag = 0;
>
> static void
> usage(void)
> {
> - eprintf("usage: %s [-r] [-E eofstr] [cmd [arg...]]
> ", argv0);
> + eprintf("usage: %s [n maxargs] [-r] [-E eofstr] [cmd [arg...]]
> ", argv0);
> }
>
> int
> @@ -42,9 +43,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
> int leftover;
> long argsz, argmaxsz;
> char *arg;
> - int i;
> + int i, a;
>
> ARGBEGIN {
> + case 'n':
> + nflag = 1;
> + if((maxargs = strtol(EARGF(usage()), NULL, 10)) <= 0)
> + eprintf("%s: value for -n option should be >= 1
> ", argv0);
> + break;
> case 'r':
> rflag = 1;
> break;
> @@ -63,7 +69,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
>
> leftover = 0;
> do {
> - argsz = 0; i = 0;
> + argsz = 0; i = 0; a = 0;
> if (argc > 0) {
> for (; i < argc; i++) {
> cmd[i] = strdup(argv[i]);
> @@ -85,10 +91,18 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
> cmd[i] = strdup(arg);
> argsz += strlen(cmd[i]) + 1;
> i++;
> + a++;
> leftover = 0;
> + if(nflag == 1 && a >= maxargs)
> + break;
> }
> cmd[i] = NULL;
> - if (i == 1 && rflag == 1); else spawn();
> + if(a >= maxargs && nflag == 1)
> + spawn();
> + else if(!a || (i == 1 && rflag == 1))
> + ;
> + else
> + spawn();
> for (; i >= 0; i--)
> free(cmd[i]);
> } while (arg);
>
>
