1Rex::Shared::Var(3)   User Contributed Perl Documentation  Rex::Shared::Var(3)
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NAME

6       Rex::Shared::Var - Share variables across Rex tasks
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DESCRIPTION

9       Share variables across Rex tasks with the help of Storable, using a
10       "vars.db.$PID" file in the local directory, where $PID is the PID of
11       the parent process.
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SYNOPSIS

14        BEGIN {                           # put share in a BEGIN block
15          use Rex::Shared::Var;
16          share qw($scalar @array %hash); # share the listed variables
17        }
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LIMITATIONS

20       Currently nesting data structures works only if the assignment is made
21       on the top level of the structure, or when the nested structures are
22       also shared variables. For example:
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24        BEGIN {
25          use Rex::Shared::Var;
26          share qw(%hash %nested);
27        }
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29        # this doesn't work as expected
30        $hash{key} = { nested_key => 42 };
31        $hash{key}->{nested_key} = -1; # $hash{key}->{nested_key} still returns 42
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33        # workaround 1 - top level assignments
34        $hash{key} = { nested_key => 42 };
35        $hash{key} = { nested_key => -1 };
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37        # workaround 2 - nesting shared variables
38        $nested{nested_key}      = 42;
39        $hash{key}               = \%nested;
40        $hash{key}->{nested_key} = -1;
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METHODS

43   share
44       Share the passed list of variables across Rex tasks. Should be used in
45       a "BEGIN" block.
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47        BEGIN {
48          use Rex::Shared::Var;
49          share qw($error_count);
50        }
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52        task 'count', sub {
53          $error_count += run 'wc -l /var/log/syslog';
54        };
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56        after_task_finished 'count', sub {
57          say "Total number of errors: $error_count";
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62perl v5.36.0                      2022-07-20               Rex::Shared::Var(3)