Method: UtilityFunctions.readManifest

Defined in:
lib/carat-dev/misc/utils.rb

.readManifest(manifestFile = "MANIFEST") ⇒ Object

Read the specified manifestFile, which is a text file describing which files to package up for a distribution. The manifest should consist of one or more lines, each containing one filename or shell glob pattern.



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# File 'lib/carat-dev/misc/utils.rb', line 265

def readManifest( manifestFile="MANIFEST" )
    message "Building manifest..."
    raise "Missing #{manifestFile}, please remake it" unless File.exists? manifestFile

    manifest = IO::readlines( manifestFile ).collect{ |line|
      line.chomp
    }.select{ |line|
      line !~ /^(\s*(#.*)?)?$/
    }

    filelist = []
    for pat in manifest
        $stderr.puts "Adding files that match '#{pat}' to the file list" if $VERBOSE
        filelist |= Dir.glob( pat ).find_all {|f| FileTest.file?(f)}
    end

    message "found #{filelist.length} files.\n"
    return filelist
end