Re: [tlug] Emacs batch commands, over many files

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "David" == David Riggs <dariggs@example.com> writes:


    David> emacs * -batch --eval '(progn (insert "from
    David> batch")(save-buffer))'

    David> But this works on only last of the files served up by the
    David> "*" expansion, the rest of the files are ignored.

    David> How do I get emacs to see all the files passed to it?

Emacs sees and visits them; it's your Lisp program that doesn't.
Here's a mass-murder approach, but less violent APIs will be visible
if you use C-h a -buffer$ RET (in XEmacs, anyway; Emacs still seems to
believe that ordinary users don't want to see non-interactive
functions).

emacs * -batch -eval '(while (> (length (buffer-list) 0)) \
                         (insert "from batch") (save-buffer) (kill-buffer))'

(You may want to check for (equal (buffer-name) "*scratch*") and stuff
like that, too.)

Probably a more convenient way to work on this is to defun the code as
myfun in a file myprog.el and do

emacs * -batch -l myprog -f myfun

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