Function: tramp-search-regexp

tramp-search-regexp is a byte-compiled function defined in tramp.el.gz.

Signature

(tramp-search-regexp REGEXP)

Documentation

Search for REGEXP backwards, starting at point-max.

If found, set point to the end of the occurrence found, and return point. Otherwise, return nil.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/net/tramp.el.gz
(defun tramp-search-regexp (regexp)
  "Search for REGEXP backwards, starting at point-max.
If found, set point to the end of the occurrence found, and return point.
Otherwise, return nil."
  (goto-char (point-max))
  ;; We restrict ourselves to the last 256 characters.  There were
  ;; reports of a shell command "git ls-files -zco --exclude-standard"
  ;; with 85k files involved, which has blocked Tramp forever.
  (search-backward-regexp regexp (max (point-min) (- (point) 256)) 'noerror))