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8add82fc 1package IO::Handle;
2
3=head1 NAME
4
27d4819a 5IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O handles
8add82fc 6
7=head1 SYNOPSIS
8
9 use IO::Handle;
10
11 $fh = new IO::Handle;
12 if ($fh->open "< file") {
13 print <$fh>;
14 $fh->close;
15 }
16
17 $fh = new IO::Handle "> FOO";
18 if (defined $fh) {
19 print $fh "bar\n";
20 $fh->close;
21 }
22
23 $fh = new IO::Handle "file", "r";
24 if (defined $fh) {
25 print <$fh>;
26 undef $fh; # automatically closes the file
27 }
28
29 $fh = new IO::Handle "file", O_WRONLY|O_APPEND;
30 if (defined $fh) {
31 print $fh "corge\n";
32 undef $fh; # automatically closes the file
33 }
34
35 $pos = $fh->getpos;
36 $fh->setpos $pos;
37
38 $fh->setvbuf($buffer_var, _IOLBF, 1024);
39
40 autoflush STDOUT 1;
41
42=head1 DESCRIPTION
43
27d4819a 44C<IO::Handle> is the base class for all other IO handle classes.
45A C<IO::Handle> object is a reference to a symbol (see the C<Symbol> package)
8add82fc 46
27d4819a 47=head1 CONSTRUCTOR
48
49=over 4
50
51=item new ()
8add82fc 52
27d4819a 53Creates a new C<IO::Handle> object.
8add82fc 54
27d4819a 55=item new_from_fd ( FD, MODE )
56
57Creates a C<IO::Handle> like C<new> does.
58It requires two parameters, which are passed to the method C<fdopen>;
59if the fdopen fails, the object is destroyed. Otherwise, it is returned
60to the caller.
61
62=back
63
64=head1 METHODS
8add82fc 65
66If the C function setvbuf() is available, then C<IO::Handle::setvbuf>
67sets the buffering policy for the IO::Handle. The calling sequence
68for the Perl function is the same as its C counterpart, including the
69macros C<_IOFBF>, C<_IOLBF>, and C<_IONBF>, except that the buffer
70parameter specifies a scalar variable to use as a buffer. WARNING: A
71variable used as a buffer by C<IO::Handle::setvbuf> must not be
72modified in any way until the IO::Handle is closed or until
73C<IO::Handle::setvbuf> is called again, or memory corruption may
74result!
75
76See L<perlfunc> for complete descriptions of each of the following
77supported C<IO::Handle> methods, which are just front ends for the
78corresponding built-in functions:
79
80 close
81 fileno
82 getc
83 gets
84 eof
85 read
86 truncate
87 stat
27d4819a 88 print
89 printf
90 sysread
91 syswrite
8add82fc 92
93See L<perlvar> for complete descriptions of each of the following
94supported C<IO::Handle> methods:
95
96 autoflush
97 output_field_separator
98 output_record_separator
99 input_record_separator
100 input_line_number
101 format_page_number
102 format_lines_per_page
103 format_lines_left
104 format_name
105 format_top_name
106 format_line_break_characters
107 format_formfeed
108 format_write
109
110Furthermore, for doing normal I/O you might need these:
111
112=over
113
8add82fc 114=item $fh->getline
115
116This works like <$fh> described in L<perlop/"I/O Operators">
117except that it's more readable and can be safely called in an
118array context but still returns just one line.
119
120=item $fh->getlines
121
122This works like <$fh> when called in an array context to
123read all the remaining lines in a file, except that it's more readable.
124It will also croak() if accidentally called in a scalar context.
125
27d4819a 126=item $fh->fdopen ( FD, MODE )
127
128C<fdopen> is like an ordinary C<open> except that its first parameter
129is not a filename but rather a file handle name, a IO::Handle object,
130or a file descriptor number.
131
132=item $fh->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET }\] )
133
134C<write> is like C<write> found in C, that is it is the
135opposite of read. The wrapper for the perl C<write> function is
136called C<format_write>.
137
138=item $fh->opened
139
140Returns true if the object is currently a valid file descriptor.
141
8add82fc 142=back
143
515e7bd7 144Lastly, a special method for working under B<-T> and setuid/gid scripts:
145
146=over
147
148=item $fh->untaint
149
150Marks the object as taint-clean, and as such data read from it will also
151be considered taint-clean. Note that this is a very trusting action to
152take, and appropriate consideration for the data source and potential
153vulnerability should be kept in mind.
154
155=back
156
27d4819a 157=head1 NOTE
8add82fc 158
27d4819a 159A C<IO::Handle> object is a GLOB reference. Some modules that
8add82fc 160inherit from C<IO::Handle> may want to keep object related variables
161in the hash table part of the GLOB. In an attempt to prevent modules
162trampling on each other I propose the that any such module should prefix
163its variables with its own name separated by _'s. For example the IO::Socket
164module keeps a C<timeout> variable in 'io_socket_timeout'.
165
166=head1 SEE ALSO
167
168L<perlfunc>,
169L<perlop/"I/O Operators">,
55497cff 170L<FileHandle>
8add82fc 171
172=head1 BUGS
173
174Due to backwards compatibility, all filehandles resemble objects
175of class C<IO::Handle>, or actually classes derived from that class.
176They actually aren't. Which means you can't derive your own
177class from C<IO::Handle> and inherit those methods.
178
179=head1 HISTORY
180
27d4819a 181Derived from FileHandle.pm by Graham Barr E<lt>F<bodg@tiuk.ti.com>E<gt>
8add82fc 182
71be2cbc 183Version 1.1201 specialized from 1.12 for inclusion in Perl distribution
184
8add82fc 185=cut
186
187require 5.000;
27d4819a 188use vars qw($RCS $VERSION @EXPORT_OK $AUTOLOAD);
8add82fc 189use Carp;
190use Symbol;
191use SelectSaver;
192
193require Exporter;
194@ISA = qw(Exporter);
195
71be2cbc 196$VERSION = "1.1201";
27d4819a 197$RCS = sprintf("%s", q$Revision: 1.15 $ =~ /([\d\.]+)/);
8add82fc 198
199@EXPORT_OK = qw(
200 autoflush
201 output_field_separator
202 output_record_separator
203 input_record_separator
204 input_line_number
205 format_page_number
206 format_lines_per_page
207 format_lines_left
208 format_name
209 format_top_name
210 format_line_break_characters
211 format_formfeed
212 format_write
213
214 print
215 printf
216 getline
217 getlines
218
219 SEEK_SET
220 SEEK_CUR
221 SEEK_END
222 _IOFBF
223 _IOLBF
224 _IONBF
225
226 _open_mode_string
227);
228
229
230################################################
231## Interaction with the XS.
232##
233
234require DynaLoader;
235@IO::ISA = qw(DynaLoader);
236bootstrap IO $VERSION;
237
238sub AUTOLOAD {
239 if ($AUTOLOAD =~ /::(_?[a-z])/) {
240 $AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD = $AUTOLOAD;
241 goto &AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD
242 }
243 my $constname = $AUTOLOAD;
244 $constname =~ s/.*:://;
245 my $val = constant($constname);
246 defined $val or croak "$constname is not a valid IO::Handle macro";
247 *$AUTOLOAD = sub { $val };
248 goto &$AUTOLOAD;
249}
250
251
252################################################
253## Constructors, destructors.
254##
255
256sub new {
27d4819a 257 my $class = ref($_[0]) || $_[0] || "IO::Handle";
258 @_ == 1 or croak "usage: new $class";
8add82fc 259 my $fh = gensym;
260 bless $fh, $class;
261}
262
263sub new_from_fd {
27d4819a 264 my $class = ref($_[0]) || $_[0] || "IO::Handle";
265 @_ == 3 or croak "usage: new_from_fd $class FD, MODE";
8add82fc 266 my $fh = gensym;
c927212d 267 shift;
8add82fc 268 IO::Handle::fdopen($fh, @_)
269 or return undef;
270 bless $fh, $class;
8add82fc 271}
272
c927212d 273#
274# That an IO::Handle is being destroyed does not necessarily mean
275# that the associated filehandle should be closed. This is because
276# *FOO{FILEHANDLE} may by a synonym for *BAR{FILEHANDLE}.
277#
278# If this IO::Handle really does have the final reference to the
279# given FILEHANDLE, then Perl will close it for us automatically.
280#
8add82fc 281
c927212d 282sub DESTROY {
27d4819a 283}
8add82fc 284
285################################################
286## Open and close.
287##
288
289sub _open_mode_string {
290 my ($mode) = @_;
291 $mode =~ /^\+?(<|>>?)$/
292 or $mode =~ s/^r(\+?)$/$1</
293 or $mode =~ s/^w(\+?)$/$1>/
294 or $mode =~ s/^a(\+?)$/$1>>/
295 or croak "IO::Handle: bad open mode: $mode";
296 $mode;
297}
298
299sub fdopen {
300 @_ == 3 or croak 'usage: $fh->fdopen(FD, MODE)';
301 my ($fh, $fd, $mode) = @_;
302 local(*GLOB);
303
304 if (ref($fd) && "".$fd =~ /GLOB\(/o) {
305 # It's a glob reference; Alias it as we cannot get name of anon GLOBs
306 my $n = qualify(*GLOB);
307 *GLOB = *{*$fd};
308 $fd = $n;
309 } elsif ($fd =~ m#^\d+$#) {
310 # It's an FD number; prefix with "=".
311 $fd = "=$fd";
312 }
313
314 open($fh, _open_mode_string($mode) . '&' . $fd)
315 ? $fh : undef;
316}
317
318sub close {
319 @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $fh->close()';
320 my($fh) = @_;
321 my $r = close($fh);
322
323 # This may seem as though it should be in IO::Pipe, but the
324 # object gets blessed out of IO::Pipe when reader/writer is called
325 waitpid(${*$fh}{'io_pipe_pid'},0)
326 if(defined ${*$fh}{'io_pipe_pid'});
327
328 $r;
329}
330
331################################################
332## Normal I/O functions.
333##
334
8add82fc 335# flock
8add82fc 336# select
8add82fc 337
338sub opened {
339 @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $fh->opened()';
340 defined fileno($_[0]);
341}
342
343sub fileno {
344 @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $fh->fileno()';
345 fileno($_[0]);
346}
347
348sub getc {
349 @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $fh->getc()';
350 getc($_[0]);
351}
352
353sub gets {
354 @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $fh->gets()';
355 my ($handle) = @_;
356 scalar <$handle>;
357}
358
359sub eof {
360 @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $fh->eof()';
361 eof($_[0]);
362}
363
364sub print {
365 @_ or croak 'usage: $fh->print([ARGS])';
366 my $this = shift;
367 print $this @_;
368}
369
370sub printf {
371 @_ >= 2 or croak 'usage: $fh->printf(FMT,[ARGS])';
372 my $this = shift;
373 printf $this @_;
374}
375
376sub getline {
377 @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $fh->getline';
378 my $this = shift;
379 return scalar <$this>;
380}
381
382sub getlines {
383 @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $fh->getline()';
8add82fc 384 wantarray or
27d4819a 385 croak 'Can\'t call $fh->getlines in a scalar context, use $fh->getline';
386 my $this = shift;
8add82fc 387 return <$this>;
388}
389
390sub truncate {
391 @_ == 2 or croak 'usage: $fh->truncate(LEN)';
392 truncate($_[0], $_[1]);
393}
394
395sub read {
396 @_ == 3 || @_ == 4 or croak '$fh->read(BUF, LEN [, OFFSET])';
397 read($_[0], $_[1], $_[2], $_[3] || 0);
398}
399
27d4819a 400sub sysread {
401 @_ == 3 || @_ == 4 or croak '$fh->sysread(BUF, LEN [, OFFSET])';
402 sysread($_[0], $_[1], $_[2], $_[3] || 0);
403}
404
8add82fc 405sub write {
406 @_ == 3 || @_ == 4 or croak '$fh->write(BUF, LEN [, OFFSET])';
407 local($\) = "";
408 print { $_[0] } substr($_[1], $_[3] || 0, $_[2]);
409}
410
27d4819a 411sub syswrite {
412 @_ == 3 || @_ == 4 or croak '$fh->syswrite(BUF, LEN [, OFFSET])';
5f05dabc 413 syswrite($_[0], $_[1], $_[2], $_[3] || 0);
27d4819a 414}
415
8add82fc 416sub stat {
417 @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $fh->stat()';
418 stat($_[0]);
419}
420
421################################################
422## State modification functions.
423##
424
425sub autoflush {
426 my $old = new SelectSaver qualify($_[0], caller);
427 my $prev = $|;
428 $| = @_ > 1 ? $_[1] : 1;
429 $prev;
430}
431
432sub output_field_separator {
433 my $old = new SelectSaver qualify($_[0], caller);
434 my $prev = $,;
435 $, = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
436 $prev;
437}
438
439sub output_record_separator {
440 my $old = new SelectSaver qualify($_[0], caller);
441 my $prev = $\;
442 $\ = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
443 $prev;
444}
445
446sub input_record_separator {
447 my $old = new SelectSaver qualify($_[0], caller);
448 my $prev = $/;
449 $/ = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
450 $prev;
451}
452
453sub input_line_number {
454 my $old = new SelectSaver qualify($_[0], caller);
455 my $prev = $.;
456 $. = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
457 $prev;
458}
459
460sub format_page_number {
461 my $old = new SelectSaver qualify($_[0], caller);
462 my $prev = $%;
463 $% = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
464 $prev;
465}
466
467sub format_lines_per_page {
468 my $old = new SelectSaver qualify($_[0], caller);
469 my $prev = $=;
470 $= = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
471 $prev;
472}
473
474sub format_lines_left {
475 my $old = new SelectSaver qualify($_[0], caller);
476 my $prev = $-;
477 $- = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
478 $prev;
479}
480
481sub format_name {
482 my $old = new SelectSaver qualify($_[0], caller);
483 my $prev = $~;
484 $~ = qualify($_[1], caller) if @_ > 1;
485 $prev;
486}
487
488sub format_top_name {
489 my $old = new SelectSaver qualify($_[0], caller);
490 my $prev = $^;
491 $^ = qualify($_[1], caller) if @_ > 1;
492 $prev;
493}
494
495sub format_line_break_characters {
496 my $old = new SelectSaver qualify($_[0], caller);
497 my $prev = $:;
498 $: = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
499 $prev;
500}
501
502sub format_formfeed {
503 my $old = new SelectSaver qualify($_[0], caller);
504 my $prev = $^L;
505 $^L = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
506 $prev;
507}
508
509sub formline {
510 my $fh = shift;
511 my $picture = shift;
512 local($^A) = $^A;
513 local($\) = "";
514 formline($picture, @_);
515 print $fh $^A;
516}
517
518sub format_write {
519 @_ < 3 || croak 'usage: $fh->write( [FORMAT_NAME] )';
520 if (@_ == 2) {
521 my ($fh, $fmt) = @_;
522 my $oldfmt = $fh->format_name($fmt);
523 write($fh);
524 $fh->format_name($oldfmt);
525 } else {
526 write($_[0]);
527 }
528}
529
27d4819a 530sub fcntl {
531 @_ == 3 || croak 'usage: $fh->fcntl( OP, VALUE );';
532 my ($fh, $op, $val) = @_;
533 my $r = fcntl($fh, $op, $val);
534 defined $r && $r eq "0 but true" ? 0 : $r;
535}
536
537sub ioctl {
538 @_ == 3 || croak 'usage: $fh->ioctl( OP, VALUE );';
539 my ($fh, $op, $val) = @_;
540 my $r = ioctl($fh, $op, $val);
541 defined $r && $r eq "0 but true" ? 0 : $r;
542}
8add82fc 543
5441;