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1 | package File::Slurp; |
2 | |
3 | use strict; |
4 | |
5 | use Carp ; |
6 | use Fcntl qw( :DEFAULT ) ; |
7 | use POSIX qw( :fcntl_h ) ; |
8 | use Symbol ; |
9 | |
10 | use base 'Exporter' ; |
11 | use vars qw( %EXPORT_TAGS @EXPORT_OK $VERSION @EXPORT ) ; |
12 | |
13 | %EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'all' => [ |
14 | qw( read_file write_file overwrite_file append_file read_dir ) ] ) ; |
15 | |
16 | @EXPORT = ( @{ $EXPORT_TAGS{'all'} } ); |
17 | @EXPORT_OK = qw( slurp ) ; |
18 | |
19 | $VERSION = '9999.13'; |
20 | |
21 | my $is_win32 = $^O =~ /win32/i ; |
22 | |
23 | # Install subs for various constants that aren't set in older perls |
24 | # (< 5.005). Fcntl on old perls uses Exporter to define subs without a |
25 | # () prototype These can't be overridden with the constant pragma or |
26 | # we get a prototype mismatch. Hence this less than aesthetically |
27 | # appealing BEGIN block: |
28 | |
29 | BEGIN { |
30 | unless( eval { defined SEEK_SET() } ) { |
31 | *SEEK_SET = sub { 0 }; |
32 | *SEEK_CUR = sub { 1 }; |
33 | *SEEK_END = sub { 2 }; |
34 | } |
35 | |
36 | unless( eval { defined O_BINARY() } ) { |
37 | *O_BINARY = sub { 0 }; |
38 | *O_RDONLY = sub { 0 }; |
39 | *O_WRONLY = sub { 1 }; |
40 | } |
41 | |
42 | unless ( eval { defined O_APPEND() } ) { |
43 | |
44 | if ( $^O =~ /olaris/ ) { |
45 | *O_APPEND = sub { 8 }; |
46 | *O_CREAT = sub { 256 }; |
47 | *O_EXCL = sub { 1024 }; |
48 | } |
49 | elsif ( $^O =~ /inux/ ) { |
50 | *O_APPEND = sub { 1024 }; |
51 | *O_CREAT = sub { 64 }; |
52 | *O_EXCL = sub { 128 }; |
53 | } |
54 | elsif ( $^O =~ /BSD/i ) { |
55 | *O_APPEND = sub { 8 }; |
56 | *O_CREAT = sub { 512 }; |
57 | *O_EXCL = sub { 2048 }; |
58 | } |
59 | } |
60 | } |
61 | |
62 | # print "OS [$^O]\n" ; |
63 | |
64 | # print "O_BINARY = ", O_BINARY(), "\n" ; |
65 | # print "O_RDONLY = ", O_RDONLY(), "\n" ; |
66 | # print "O_WRONLY = ", O_WRONLY(), "\n" ; |
67 | # print "O_APPEND = ", O_APPEND(), "\n" ; |
68 | # print "O_CREAT ", O_CREAT(), "\n" ; |
69 | # print "O_EXCL ", O_EXCL(), "\n" ; |
70 | |
71 | |
72 | *slurp = \&read_file ; |
73 | |
74 | sub read_file { |
75 | |
76 | my( $file_name, %args ) = @_ ; |
77 | |
78 | # set the buffer to either the passed in one or ours and init it to the null |
79 | # string |
80 | |
81 | my $buf ; |
82 | my $buf_ref = $args{'buf_ref'} || \$buf ; |
83 | ${$buf_ref} = '' ; |
84 | |
85 | my( $read_fh, $size_left, $blk_size ) ; |
86 | |
87 | # check if we are reading from a handle (glob ref or IO:: object) |
88 | |
89 | if ( ref $file_name ) { |
90 | |
91 | # slurping a handle so use it and don't open anything. |
92 | # set the block size so we know it is a handle and read that amount |
93 | |
94 | $read_fh = $file_name ; |
95 | $blk_size = $args{'blk_size'} || 1024 * 1024 ; |
96 | $size_left = $blk_size ; |
97 | |
98 | # DEEP DARK MAGIC. this checks the UNTAINT IO flag of a |
99 | # glob/handle. only the DATA handle is untainted (since it is from |
100 | # trusted data in the source file). this allows us to test if this is |
101 | # the DATA handle and then to do a sysseek to make sure it gets |
102 | # slurped correctly. on some systems, the buffered i/o pointer is not |
103 | # left at the same place as the fd pointer. this sysseek makes them |
104 | # the same so slurping with sysread will work. |
105 | |
106 | eval{ require B } ; |
107 | |
108 | if ( $@ ) { |
109 | |
110 | @_ = ( \%args, <<ERR ) ; |
111 | Can't find B.pm with this Perl: $!. |
112 | That module is needed to slurp the DATA handle. |
113 | ERR |
114 | goto &_error ; |
115 | } |
116 | |
117 | if ( B::svref_2object( $read_fh )->IO->IoFLAGS & 16 ) { |
118 | |
119 | # set the seek position to the current tell. |
120 | |
121 | sysseek( $read_fh, tell( $read_fh ), SEEK_SET ) || |
122 | croak "sysseek $!" ; |
123 | } |
124 | } |
125 | else { |
126 | |
127 | # a regular file. set the sysopen mode |
128 | |
129 | my $mode = O_RDONLY ; |
130 | $mode |= O_BINARY if $args{'binmode'} ; |
131 | |
132 | #printf "RD: BINARY %x MODE %x\n", O_BINARY, $mode ; |
133 | |
134 | # open the file and handle any error |
135 | |
136 | $read_fh = gensym ; |
137 | unless ( sysopen( $read_fh, $file_name, $mode ) ) { |
138 | @_ = ( \%args, "read_file '$file_name' - sysopen: $!"); |
139 | goto &_error ; |
140 | } |
141 | |
142 | # get the size of the file for use in the read loop |
143 | |
144 | $size_left = -s $read_fh ; |
145 | |
146 | unless( $size_left ) { |
147 | |
148 | $blk_size = $args{'blk_size'} || 1024 * 1024 ; |
149 | $size_left = $blk_size ; |
150 | } |
151 | } |
152 | |
153 | # infinite read loop. we exit when we are done slurping |
154 | |
155 | while( 1 ) { |
156 | |
157 | # do the read and see how much we got |
158 | |
159 | my $read_cnt = sysread( $read_fh, ${$buf_ref}, |
160 | $size_left, length ${$buf_ref} ) ; |
161 | |
162 | if ( defined $read_cnt ) { |
163 | |
164 | # good read. see if we hit EOF (nothing left to read) |
165 | |
166 | last if $read_cnt == 0 ; |
167 | |
168 | # loop if we are slurping a handle. we don't track $size_left then. |
169 | |
170 | next if $blk_size ; |
171 | |
172 | # count down how much we read and loop if we have more to read. |
173 | $size_left -= $read_cnt ; |
174 | last if $size_left <= 0 ; |
175 | next ; |
176 | } |
177 | |
178 | # handle the read error |
179 | |
180 | @_ = ( \%args, "read_file '$file_name' - sysread: $!"); |
181 | goto &_error ; |
182 | } |
183 | |
184 | # fix up cr/lf to be a newline if this is a windows text file |
185 | |
186 | ${$buf_ref} =~ s/\015\012/\n/g if $is_win32 && !$args{'binmode'} ; |
187 | |
188 | # this is the 5 returns in a row. each handles one possible |
189 | # combination of caller context and requested return type |
190 | |
191 | my $sep = $/ ; |
192 | $sep = '\n\n+' if defined $sep && $sep eq '' ; |
193 | |
194 | # caller wants to get an array ref of lines |
195 | |
196 | # this split doesn't work since it tries to use variable length lookbehind |
197 | # the m// line works. |
198 | # return [ split( m|(?<=$sep)|, ${$buf_ref} ) ] if $args{'array_ref'} ; |
199 | return [ length(${$buf_ref}) ? ${$buf_ref} =~ /(.*?$sep|.+)/sg : () ] |
200 | if $args{'array_ref'} ; |
201 | |
202 | # caller wants a list of lines (normal list context) |
203 | |
204 | # same problem with this split as before. |
205 | # return split( m|(?<=$sep)|, ${$buf_ref} ) if wantarray ; |
206 | return length(${$buf_ref}) ? ${$buf_ref} =~ /(.*?$sep|.+)/sg : () |
207 | if wantarray ; |
208 | |
209 | # caller wants a scalar ref to the slurped text |
210 | |
211 | return $buf_ref if $args{'scalar_ref'} ; |
212 | |
213 | # caller wants a scalar with the slurped text (normal scalar context) |
214 | |
215 | return ${$buf_ref} if defined wantarray ; |
216 | |
217 | # caller passed in an i/o buffer by reference (normal void context) |
218 | |
219 | return ; |
220 | } |
221 | |
222 | sub write_file { |
223 | |
224 | my $file_name = shift ; |
225 | |
226 | # get the optional argument hash ref from @_ or an empty hash ref. |
227 | |
228 | my $args = ( ref $_[0] eq 'HASH' ) ? shift : {} ; |
229 | |
230 | my( $buf_ref, $write_fh, $no_truncate, $orig_file_name, $data_is_ref ) ; |
231 | |
232 | # get the buffer ref - it depends on how the data is passed into write_file |
233 | # after this if/else $buf_ref will have a scalar ref to the data. |
234 | |
235 | if ( ref $args->{'buf_ref'} eq 'SCALAR' ) { |
236 | |
237 | # a scalar ref passed in %args has the data |
238 | # note that the data was passed by ref |
239 | |
240 | $buf_ref = $args->{'buf_ref'} ; |
241 | $data_is_ref = 1 ; |
242 | } |
243 | elsif ( ref $_[0] eq 'SCALAR' ) { |
244 | |
245 | # the first value in @_ is the scalar ref to the data |
246 | # note that the data was passed by ref |
247 | |
248 | $buf_ref = shift ; |
249 | $data_is_ref = 1 ; |
250 | } |
251 | elsif ( ref $_[0] eq 'ARRAY' ) { |
252 | |
253 | # the first value in @_ is the array ref to the data so join it. |
254 | |
255 | ${$buf_ref} = join '', @{$_[0]} ; |
256 | } |
257 | else { |
258 | |
259 | # good old @_ has all the data so join it. |
260 | |
261 | ${$buf_ref} = join '', @_ ; |
262 | } |
263 | |
264 | # see if we were passed a open handle to spew to. |
265 | |
266 | if ( ref $file_name ) { |
267 | |
268 | # we have a handle. make sure we don't call truncate on it. |
269 | |
270 | $write_fh = $file_name ; |
271 | $no_truncate = 1 ; |
272 | } |
273 | else { |
274 | |
275 | # spew to regular file. |
276 | |
277 | if ( $args->{'atomic'} ) { |
278 | |
279 | # in atomic mode, we spew to a temp file so make one and save the original |
280 | # file name. |
281 | $orig_file_name = $file_name ; |
282 | $file_name .= ".$$" ; |
283 | } |
284 | |
285 | # set the mode for the sysopen |
286 | |
287 | my $mode = O_WRONLY | O_CREAT ; |
288 | $mode |= O_BINARY if $args->{'binmode'} ; |
289 | $mode |= O_APPEND if $args->{'append'} ; |
290 | $mode |= O_EXCL if $args->{'no_clobber'} ; |
291 | |
292 | #printf "WR: BINARY %x MODE %x\n", O_BINARY, $mode ; |
293 | |
294 | # open the file and handle any error. |
295 | |
296 | $write_fh = gensym ; |
297 | unless ( sysopen( $write_fh, $file_name, $mode ) ) { |
298 | @_ = ( $args, "write_file '$file_name' - sysopen: $!"); |
299 | goto &_error ; |
300 | } |
301 | } |
302 | |
303 | sysseek( $write_fh, 0, SEEK_END ) if $args->{'append'} ; |
304 | |
305 | |
306 | #print 'WR before data ', unpack( 'H*', ${$buf_ref}), "\n" ; |
307 | |
308 | # fix up newline to write cr/lf if this is a windows text file |
309 | |
310 | if ( $is_win32 && !$args->{'binmode'} ) { |
311 | |
312 | # copy the write data if it was passed by ref so we don't clobber the |
313 | # caller's data |
314 | $buf_ref = \do{ my $copy = ${$buf_ref}; } if $data_is_ref ; |
315 | ${$buf_ref} =~ s/\n/\015\012/g ; |
316 | } |
317 | |
318 | #print 'after data ', unpack( 'H*', ${$buf_ref}), "\n" ; |
319 | |
320 | # get the size of how much we are writing and init the offset into that buffer |
321 | |
322 | my $size_left = length( ${$buf_ref} ) ; |
323 | my $offset = 0 ; |
324 | |
325 | # loop until we have no more data left to write |
326 | |
327 | do { |
328 | |
329 | # do the write and track how much we just wrote |
330 | |
331 | my $write_cnt = syswrite( $write_fh, ${$buf_ref}, |
332 | $size_left, $offset ) ; |
333 | |
334 | unless ( defined $write_cnt ) { |
335 | |
336 | # the write failed |
337 | @_ = ( $args, "write_file '$file_name' - syswrite: $!"); |
338 | goto &_error ; |
339 | } |
340 | |
341 | # track much left to write and where to write from in the buffer |
342 | |
343 | $size_left -= $write_cnt ; |
344 | $offset += $write_cnt ; |
345 | |
346 | } while( $size_left > 0 ) ; |
347 | |
348 | # we truncate regular files in case we overwrite a long file with a shorter file |
349 | # so seek to the current position to get it (same as tell()). |
350 | |
351 | truncate( $write_fh, |
352 | sysseek( $write_fh, 0, SEEK_CUR ) ) unless $no_truncate ; |
353 | |
354 | close( $write_fh ) ; |
355 | |
356 | # handle the atomic mode - move the temp file to the original filename. |
357 | |
358 | rename( $file_name, $orig_file_name ) if $args->{'atomic'} ; |
359 | |
360 | return 1 ; |
361 | } |
362 | |
363 | # this is for backwards compatibility with the previous File::Slurp module. |
364 | # write_file always overwrites an existing file |
365 | |
366 | *overwrite_file = \&write_file ; |
367 | |
368 | # the current write_file has an append mode so we use that. this |
369 | # supports the same API with an optional second argument which is a |
370 | # hash ref of options. |
371 | |
372 | sub append_file { |
373 | |
374 | # get the optional args hash ref |
375 | my $args = $_[1] ; |
376 | if ( ref $args eq 'HASH' ) { |
377 | |
378 | # we were passed an args ref so just mark the append mode |
379 | |
380 | $args->{append} = 1 ; |
381 | } |
382 | else { |
383 | |
384 | # no args hash so insert one with the append mode |
385 | |
386 | splice( @_, 1, 0, { append => 1 } ) ; |
387 | } |
388 | |
389 | # magic goto the main write_file sub. this overlays the sub without touching |
390 | # the stack or @_ |
391 | |
392 | goto &write_file |
393 | } |
394 | |
395 | # basic wrapper around opendir/readdir |
396 | |
397 | sub read_dir { |
398 | |
399 | my ($dir, %args ) = @_; |
400 | |
401 | # this handle will be destroyed upon return |
402 | |
403 | local(*DIRH); |
404 | |
405 | # open the dir and handle any errors |
406 | |
407 | unless ( opendir( DIRH, $dir ) ) { |
408 | |
409 | @_ = ( \%args, "read_dir '$dir' - opendir: $!" ) ; |
410 | goto &_error ; |
411 | } |
412 | |
413 | my @dir_entries = readdir(DIRH) ; |
414 | |
415 | @dir_entries = grep( $_ ne "." && $_ ne "..", @dir_entries ) |
416 | unless $args{'keep_dot_dot'} ; |
417 | |
418 | return @dir_entries if wantarray ; |
419 | return \@dir_entries ; |
420 | } |
421 | |
422 | # error handling section |
423 | # |
424 | # all the error handling uses magic goto so the caller will get the |
425 | # error message as if from their code and not this module. if we just |
426 | # did a call on the error code, the carp/croak would report it from |
427 | # this module since the error sub is one level down on the call stack |
428 | # from read_file/write_file/read_dir. |
429 | |
430 | |
431 | my %err_func = ( |
432 | 'carp' => \&carp, |
433 | 'croak' => \&croak, |
434 | ) ; |
435 | |
436 | sub _error { |
437 | |
438 | my( $args, $err_msg ) = @_ ; |
439 | |
440 | # get the error function to use |
441 | |
442 | my $func = $err_func{ $args->{'err_mode'} || 'croak' } ; |
443 | |
444 | # if we didn't find it in our error function hash, they must have set |
445 | # it to quiet and we don't do anything. |
446 | |
447 | return unless $func ; |
448 | |
449 | # call the carp/croak function |
450 | |
451 | $func->($err_msg) ; |
452 | |
453 | # return a hard undef (in list context this will be a single value of |
454 | # undef which is not a legal in-band value) |
455 | |
456 | return undef ; |
457 | } |
458 | |
459 | 1; |
460 | __END__ |
461 | |
462 | =head1 NAME |
463 | |
464 | File::Slurp - Efficient Reading/Writing of Complete Files |
465 | |
466 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
467 | |
468 | use File::Slurp; |
469 | |
470 | my $text = read_file( 'filename' ) ; |
471 | my @lines = read_file( 'filename' ) ; |
472 | |
473 | write_file( 'filename', @lines ) ; |
474 | |
475 | use File::Slurp qw( slurp ) ; |
476 | |
477 | my $text = slurp( 'filename' ) ; |
478 | |
479 | |
480 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
481 | |
482 | This module provides subs that allow you to read or write entire files |
483 | with one simple call. They are designed to be simple to use, have |
484 | flexible ways to pass in or get the file contents and to be very |
485 | efficient. There is also a sub to read in all the files in a |
486 | directory other than C<.> and C<..> |
487 | |
488 | These slurp/spew subs work for files, pipes and |
489 | sockets, and stdio, pseudo-files, and DATA. |
490 | |
491 | =head2 B<read_file> |
492 | |
493 | This sub reads in an entire file and returns its contents to the |
494 | caller. In list context it will return a list of lines (using the |
495 | current value of $/ as the separator including support for paragraph |
496 | mode when it is set to ''). In scalar context it returns the entire |
497 | file as a single scalar. |
498 | |
499 | my $text = read_file( 'filename' ) ; |
500 | my @lines = read_file( 'filename' ) ; |
501 | |
502 | The first argument to C<read_file> is the filename and the rest of the |
503 | arguments are key/value pairs which are optional and which modify the |
504 | behavior of the call. Other than binmode the options all control how |
505 | the slurped file is returned to the caller. |
506 | |
507 | If the first argument is a file handle reference or I/O object (if ref |
508 | is true), then that handle is slurped in. This mode is supported so |
509 | you slurp handles such as C<DATA>, C<STDIN>. See the test handle.t |
510 | for an example that does C<open( '-|' )> and child process spews data |
511 | to the parant which slurps it in. All of the options that control how |
512 | the data is returned to the caller still work in this case. |
513 | |
514 | NOTE: as of version 9999.06, read_file works correctly on the C<DATA> |
515 | handle. It used to need a sysseek workaround but that is now handled |
516 | when needed by the module itself. |
517 | |
518 | You can optionally request that C<slurp()> is exported to your code. This |
519 | is an alias for read_file and is meant to be forward compatible with |
520 | Perl 6 (which will have slurp() built-in). |
521 | |
522 | The options are: |
523 | |
524 | =head3 binmode |
525 | |
526 | If you set the binmode option, then the file will be slurped in binary |
527 | mode. |
528 | |
529 | my $bin_data = read_file( $bin_file, binmode => ':raw' ) ; |
530 | |
531 | NOTE: this actually sets the O_BINARY mode flag for sysopen. It |
532 | probably should call binmode and pass its argument to support other |
533 | file modes. |
534 | |
535 | =head3 array_ref |
536 | |
537 | If this boolean option is set, the return value (only in scalar |
538 | context) will be an array reference which contains the lines of the |
539 | slurped file. The following two calls are equivalent: |
540 | |
541 | my $lines_ref = read_file( $bin_file, array_ref => 1 ) ; |
542 | my $lines_ref = [ read_file( $bin_file ) ] ; |
543 | |
544 | =head3 scalar_ref |
545 | |
546 | If this boolean option is set, the return value (only in scalar |
547 | context) will be an scalar reference to a string which is the contents |
548 | of the slurped file. This will usually be faster than returning the |
549 | plain scalar. |
550 | |
551 | my $text_ref = read_file( $bin_file, scalar_ref => 1 ) ; |
552 | |
553 | =head3 buf_ref |
554 | |
555 | You can use this option to pass in a scalar reference and the slurped |
556 | file contents will be stored in the scalar. This can be used in |
557 | conjunction with any of the other options. |
558 | |
559 | my $text_ref = read_file( $bin_file, buf_ref => \$buffer, |
560 | array_ref => 1 ) ; |
561 | my @lines = read_file( $bin_file, buf_ref => \$buffer ) ; |
562 | |
563 | =head3 blk_size |
564 | |
565 | You can use this option to set the block size used when slurping from an already open handle (like \*STDIN). It defaults to 1MB. |
566 | |
567 | my $text_ref = read_file( $bin_file, blk_size => 10_000_000, |
568 | array_ref => 1 ) ; |
569 | |
570 | =head3 err_mode |
571 | |
572 | You can use this option to control how read_file behaves when an error |
573 | occurs. This option defaults to 'croak'. You can set it to 'carp' or |
574 | to 'quiet to have no error handling. This code wants to carp and then |
575 | read abother file if it fails. |
576 | |
577 | my $text_ref = read_file( $file, err_mode => 'carp' ) ; |
578 | unless ( $text_ref ) { |
579 | |
580 | # read a different file but croak if not found |
581 | $text_ref = read_file( $another_file ) ; |
582 | } |
583 | |
584 | # process ${$text_ref} |
585 | |
586 | =head2 B<write_file> |
587 | |
588 | This sub writes out an entire file in one call. |
589 | |
590 | write_file( 'filename', @data ) ; |
591 | |
592 | The first argument to C<write_file> is the filename. The next argument |
593 | is an optional hash reference and it contains key/values that can |
594 | modify the behavior of C<write_file>. The rest of the argument list is |
595 | the data to be written to the file. |
596 | |
597 | write_file( 'filename', {append => 1 }, @data ) ; |
598 | write_file( 'filename', {binmode => ':raw' }, $buffer ) ; |
599 | |
600 | As a shortcut if the first data argument is a scalar or array |
601 | reference, it is used as the only data to be written to the file. Any |
602 | following arguments in @_ are ignored. This is a faster way to pass in |
603 | the output to be written to the file and is equivilent to the |
604 | C<buf_ref> option. These following pairs are equivilent but the pass |
605 | by reference call will be faster in most cases (especially with larger |
606 | files). |
607 | |
608 | write_file( 'filename', \$buffer ) ; |
609 | write_file( 'filename', $buffer ) ; |
610 | |
611 | write_file( 'filename', \@lines ) ; |
612 | write_file( 'filename', @lines ) ; |
613 | |
614 | If the first argument is a file handle reference or I/O object (if ref |
615 | is true), then that handle is slurped in. This mode is supported so |
616 | you spew to handles such as \*STDOUT. See the test handle.t for an |
617 | example that does C<open( '-|' )> and child process spews data to the |
618 | parant which slurps it in. All of the options that control how the |
619 | data is passes into C<write_file> still work in this case. |
620 | |
621 | C<write_file> returns 1 upon successfully writing the file or undef if |
622 | it encountered an error. |
623 | |
624 | The options are: |
625 | |
626 | =head3 binmode |
627 | |
628 | If you set the binmode option, then the file will be written in binary |
629 | mode. |
630 | |
631 | write_file( $bin_file, {binmode => ':raw'}, @data ) ; |
632 | |
633 | NOTE: this actually sets the O_BINARY mode flag for sysopen. It |
634 | probably should call binmode and pass its argument to support other |
635 | file modes. |
636 | |
637 | =head3 buf_ref |
638 | |
639 | You can use this option to pass in a scalar reference which has the |
640 | data to be written. If this is set then any data arguments (including |
641 | the scalar reference shortcut) in @_ will be ignored. These are |
642 | equivilent: |
643 | |
644 | write_file( $bin_file, { buf_ref => \$buffer } ) ; |
645 | write_file( $bin_file, \$buffer ) ; |
646 | write_file( $bin_file, $buffer ) ; |
647 | |
648 | =head3 atomic |
649 | |
650 | If you set this boolean option, the file will be written to in an |
651 | atomic fashion. A temporary file name is created by appending the pid |
652 | ($$) to the file name argument and that file is spewed to. After the |
653 | file is closed it is renamed to the original file name (and rename is |
654 | an atomic operation on most OS's). If the program using this were to |
655 | crash in the middle of this, then the file with the pid suffix could |
656 | be left behind. |
657 | |
658 | =head3 append |
659 | |
660 | If you set this boolean option, the data will be written at the end of |
661 | the current file. |
662 | |
663 | write_file( $file, {append => 1}, @data ) ; |
664 | |
665 | C<write_file> croaks if it cannot open the file. It returns true if it |
666 | succeeded in writing out the file and undef if there was an |
667 | error. (Yes, I know if it croaks it can't return anything but that is |
668 | for when I add the options to select the error handling mode). |
669 | |
670 | =head3 no_clobber |
671 | |
672 | If you set this boolean option, an existing file will not be overwritten. |
673 | |
674 | write_file( $file, {no_clobber => 1}, @data ) ; |
675 | |
676 | =head3 err_mode |
677 | |
678 | You can use this option to control how C<write_file> behaves when an |
679 | error occurs. This option defaults to 'croak'. You can set it to |
680 | 'carp' or to 'quiet' to have no error handling other than the return |
681 | value. If the first call to C<write_file> fails it will carp and then |
682 | write to another file. If the second call to C<write_file> fails, it |
683 | will croak. |
684 | |
685 | unless ( write_file( $file, { err_mode => 'carp', \$data ) ; |
686 | |
687 | # write a different file but croak if not found |
688 | write_file( $other_file, \$data ) ; |
689 | } |
690 | |
691 | =head2 overwrite_file |
692 | |
693 | This sub is just a typeglob alias to write_file since write_file |
694 | always overwrites an existing file. This sub is supported for |
695 | backwards compatibility with the original version of this module. See |
696 | write_file for its API and behavior. |
697 | |
698 | =head2 append_file |
699 | |
700 | This sub will write its data to the end of the file. It is a wrapper |
701 | around write_file and it has the same API so see that for the full |
702 | documentation. These calls are equivilent: |
703 | |
704 | append_file( $file, @data ) ; |
705 | write_file( $file, {append => 1}, @data ) ; |
706 | |
707 | =head2 read_dir |
708 | |
709 | This sub reads all the file names from directory and returns them to |
710 | the caller but C<.> and C<..> are removed by default. |
711 | |
712 | my @files = read_dir( '/path/to/dir' ) ; |
713 | |
714 | It croaks if it cannot open the directory. |
715 | |
716 | In a list context C<read_dir> returns a list of the entries in the |
717 | directory. In a scalar context it returns an array reference which has |
718 | the entries. |
719 | |
720 | =head3 keep_dot_dot |
721 | |
722 | If this boolean option is set, C<.> and C<..> are not removed from the |
723 | list of files. |
724 | |
725 | my @all_files = read_dir( '/path/to/dir', keep_dot_dot => 1 ) ; |
726 | |
727 | =head2 EXPORT |
728 | |
729 | read_file write_file overwrite_file append_file read_dir |
730 | |
731 | =head2 SEE ALSO |
732 | |
733 | An article on file slurping in extras/slurp_article.pod. There is |
734 | also a benchmarking script in extras/slurp_bench.pl. |
735 | |
736 | =head2 BUGS |
737 | |
738 | If run under Perl 5.004, slurping from the DATA handle will fail as |
739 | that requires B.pm which didn't get into core until 5.005. |
740 | |
741 | =head1 AUTHOR |
742 | |
743 | Uri Guttman, E<lt>uri@stemsystems.comE<gt> |
744 | |
745 | =cut |