Re: ediff-files from command line ?

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Bogdan,

Here is a shell script I use for ediff and emerge:

#!/bin/sh
SCRIPTNAME=`basename $0`
if [ $# -lt 2 ]
then
   echo "usage: $SCRIPTNAME FILE1 FILE2"
   exit 1
fi
#
if [ ! -f "$1" ]
then
   echo file $1 does not exist
   exit 1
fi
#
if [ ! -f "$2" ]
then
   echo file $2 does not exist
   exit 1
fi
if [ "$SCRIPTNAME" = "ediff" ]
then
    emacs --eval "(ediff-files \"$1\" \"$2\")"
elif [ "$SCRIPTNAME" = "emerge" ]
then
    emacs --eval "(mlw-emerge-files-command)" $1 $2
else
    echo Unknown script name: $SCRIPTNAME
    exit 1
fi
exit 0

Also, here is a relevant portion of my .emacs file:

(require 'emerge)
(defun mlw-emerge-files-command ()
  (let ((file-a (nth 0 command-line-args-left))
        (file-b (nth 1 command-line-args-left)))
    (setq command-line-args-left (nthcdr 2 command-line-args-left))
    (emerge-files-internal
     file-a file-b nil nil nil)))

I hope this helps.
Mike W.

Bogdan Hlevca <bhlevca@adexa.com> wrote in news:zqgZ9.248016$C8.834913
@nnrp1.uunet.ca:

> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to automate an ediff process for a post run test analysis.
> Apparently with -f command line argument you can pass only functions 
> without arguments.
> 
> ediff-files requires arguments and  it will fail when trying to do:
>   $ emacs -f ediff-files "file1" "file2"
> 
> I could do: $ emacs "file1" "file2" and then issue the command M-x 
> ediff-buffers  and followed by 2 other key strokes, but this is not 
much 
> of an automation.
> 
> Any help/ideea would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Bogdan
> 
>