Variable

Package

lispworks

Summary

The format string used to construct the arguments passed to the Search Files tool to perform a Grep search.

Initial value

"cd '~a'; ~a ~a ~a /dev/null" on Unix/Linux/Mac OS X.

"~a ~a ~a NUL" on Windows.

Description

On Unix/Linux/Mac OS X the first format argument is the current directory.

The remainder of the format arguments are:

• the value of *grep-command* or, if this is nil, the value of (sys:lispworks-file "etc/grep").
• the value of *grep-fixed-args*.
• the arguments you specify.

See the LispWorks IDE User Guide for more information about the Search Files tool.

See also

*grep-command*
*grep-fixed-args*