No::Worries::File(3pm)

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NAME

6       No::Worries::File - file handling without worries
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SYNOPSIS

9         use No::Worries::File qw(file_read file_write file_update);
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11         # read a file
12         $data = file_read($path);
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14         # idem but with data returned by reference
15         file_read($path, data => \$data);
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17         # write a file
18         file_write($path, data => "hello world");
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20         # idem but with data passed by reference
21         file_write($path, data => \"hello world");
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23         # verbosely update a file
24         file_update($path, data => "hello world", diff => 1);
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DESCRIPTION

27       This module eases file handling by providing convenient wrappers around
28       standard file functions. All the functions die() on error.
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FUNCTIONS

31       This module provides the following functions (none of them being
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34       file_read(PATH[, OPTIONS])
35           read the file at the given path and return its contents; supported
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38           •   "binary": treat the file as binary
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40           •   "binmode": binary mode to use
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42           •   "bufsize": buffer size to use for I/O operations
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44           •   "data": return the file contents via this scalar reference or
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47           •   "handle": file handle to use
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49       file_write(PATH[, OPTIONS])
50           write the given contents to the file at the given path; supported
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53           •   "binary": treat the file as binary
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55           •   "binmode": binary mode to use
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57           •   "bufsize": buffer size to use for I/O operations
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59           •   "data": provide the file contents via this scalar, scalar
60               reference or code reference
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62           •   "handle": file handle to use
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64       file_update(PATH[, OPTIONS])
65           check the text file at the given path and update it if needed,
66           printing what has been done on stdout; supported options:
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68           •   "data": provide the file contents via this scalar
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70           •   "diff": show differences
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72           •   "noaction": do not update the file
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74           •   "silent": do not print any message on stdout
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OPTIONS

77       Both file_read() and file_write() support a "handle" option that can
78       contain a file handle to use. When given, this handle will be used (and
79       closed at the end of the I/O operations) as is, without calling
80       binmode() on it (see below).
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82       These functions also support a "binary" option and a "binmode" option
83       specifying how the file handle should be treated with respect to
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86       If "binmode" is set, binmode() will be used with the given layer.
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88       If "binmode" is not set but "binary" is true, binmode() will be used
89       without any layer.
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91       If neither "binmode" nor "binary" are set, binmode() will not be used.
92       This is the default.
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94       file_read() can be given a code reference via the "data" option. Each
95       time data is read via sysread(), the subroutine will be called with the
96       read data.  At the end of the file, the subroutine will be called with
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99       file_write() can be given a code reference via the "data" option. It
100       should return data in a way similar to sysread(), returning an empty
101       string to indicate the end of the data to be written to the file.
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103       file_update() only supports text files (no "binary" or "binmode"
104       options) and the "data" option can only be a scalar.
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GLOBAL VARIABLES

107       This module uses the following global variables (none of them being
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110       $DefaultBufSize
111           default buffer size to use for I/O operations if not specified via
112           the "bufsize" option (default: 1MB)
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AUTHOR

118       Lionel Cons <http://cern.ch/lionel.cons>
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120       Copyright (C) CERN 2012-2019
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