1Mail::SpamAssassin::UtiUls(e3r)Contributed Perl DocumentMaatiilo:n:SpamAssassin::Util(3)
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6 Mail::SpamAssassin::Util - utility functions
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9 A general class for utility functions. Please use this for functions
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11 functions especially.
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13 NOTE: The functions in this module are to be considered private. Their
14 API may change at any point, and it's expected that they'll only be
15 used by other Mail::SpamAssassin modules. (TODO: we should probably
16 revisit this if it's useful for plugin development.)
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18 NOTE: Utility functions should not be changing global variables such as
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22 $module = first_available_module (@module_list)
23 Return the name of the first module that can be successfully loaded
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27 This is used instead of "AnyDBM_File" as follows:
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37 Generates a filename for a temporary file, opens it exclusively and
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44 Generates a directory for temporary files. Creates it securely and
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