#!/usr/bin/env retro # Atua :: Gophermap Generation I've been running a Gopher server written in RETRO since 2018. This server, named Atua, has served me quite well. But it has one limit that sometimes proves annoying: there is no support for generating a directory listing. Atua only serves the data in a `gophermap`. I decided to rectify this in a way. Rather than altering Atua to add more complexity, I decided to write a tool which can generate the `gophermap` automatically. As a practical matter, the list will exclude files named `gophermap`, `HEADER`, and `FOOTER`. The generated file will consist of the contents of `HEADER`, the directory entries, and the contents of `FOOTER`. Output will be written to standard output. Redirect to the `gophermap` file, or pipe it to another process for examination or manipulation. # The Code I begin by defining a word for dealing with pipes. ~~~ :pipe> (s-s) file:R unix:popen [ file:read-line ] [ unix:pclose ] bi ; ~~~ I then create a word to return the number of files in the current directory. This makes use of a Unix pipe to run `ls -l | wc -l` and capture the result. I trim off any whitespace and convert to a number. ~~~ :unix:count-files (-n) 'ls_-1_|_wc_-l pipe> s:trim s:to-number ; ~~~ Next, a word to identify the current working directory. This also uses a pipe to `pwd`. ~~~ :unix:get-cwd (-s) 'pwd pipe> s:trim '/ s:append ; ~~~ The program accepts a single command line argument: the physical base path to exclude. In Atua, there is a root directory, and all selector paths are relative to this. E.g., if the actual root is `/home/atua/gopherspace/` then launching this program as: atua-gophermap.forth /home/atua/gopherspace will strip the actual root path off, allowing the selectors to work as expected. ~~~ #0 script:get-argument s:length 'SKIP const ~~~ So with these defined, I define a couple of constants using them for later use. ~~~ unix:get-cwd SKIP + 'BASE s:const unix:count-files 'FILES const ~~~ Ok, now for a useful combinator. I want to be able to run something once for each file or directory in the current directory. One option would be to read the names and construct a set, then use `a:for-each`. I decided to take a different path: I implement a word to open a pipe, read a single line, then run a quote against it. With this, something like `ls` can be defined as: :ls [ s:put nl ] unix:for-each-file ; ~~~ :unix:for-each-file (q-) 'ls_-1_-p file:R unix:popen unix:count-files-in-cwd [ [ file:read-line s:temp over call ] sip ] times unix:pclose drop ; ~~~ # Generate The Output Begin by displaying HEADER (if it exists). ~~~ 'HEADER file:exists? [ here 'HEADER file:slurp here s:put nl ] if ~~~ Next, list any directories. If a file name ends with a `/`, I assume it is a directory. ~~~ :dir? (s-sf) dup s:length over + n:dec fetch $/ eq? ; ~~~ A directory entry needs the following form: 0descriptionselector I am using the directory name as the description (with a trailing slash), and the relative path (without the final slash) as the selector. ~~~ :selector (filename-selector) BASE s:prepend s:chop ; :dir-entry (filename) $1 c:put dup s:put tab selector s:put nl ; [ dir? &dir-entry &drop choose ] unix:for-each-file ~~~ Next, list files. This is harder because files can have different types. I start with a word to decide if the item is a file. This will ignore directories (ending in a `/`), `HEADER`, `FOOTER`, and `gophermap` files. ~~~ :file? (s-sf) dup 'HEADER [ FALSE ] s:case 'FOOTER [ FALSE ] s:case 'gophermap [ FALSE ] s:case drop dir? not ; ~~~ Then I look to see if it has a file extension. ~~~ :has-extension? (s-sf) dup $. s:contains/char? ; ~~~ If there is an extension, it can be mapped to a type code. I do this with a simple `s:case` construct, defaulting to a binary (type 9) file if I don't recognize the extension. ~~~ :file-type dup $. s:split/char drop '.forth [ $0 ] s:case '.md [ $0 ] s:case '.txt [ $0 ] s:case '.htm [ $h ] s:case '.html [ $h ] s:case drop $9 ; ~~~ Finishing up the file listing, the `file-entry` determines the file type and prints out the appropriate line. ~~~ :selector (filename-selector) BASE s:prepend ; :file-entry (filename) has-extension? [ file-type ] [ $9 ] choose c:put dup s:put tab selector s:put nl ; [ file? &file-entry &drop choose ] unix:for-each-file ~~~ End by displaying FOOTER (if it exists). ~~~ 'FOOTER file:exists? [ here 'FOOTER file:slurp here s:put nl ] if ~~~ # Conclusion This was a quick little thing that will make using Atua nicer in the future. The techniques used here can be beneficial in other filesystem related tasks as well, so I expect to reuse portions of this code in the future.