1Cache::FileBackend(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationCache::FileBackend(3)
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NAME

6       Cache::FileBackend -- a filesystem based persistance mechanism
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DESCRIPTION

9       The FileBackend class is used to persist data to the filesystem
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SYNOPSIS

12         my $backend = new Cache::FileBackend( '/tmp/FileCache', 3, 000 );
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14         See Cache::Backend for the usage synopsis.
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16         $backend->store( 'namespace', 'foo', 'bar' );
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18         my $bar = $backend->restore( 'namespace', 'foo' );
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20         my $size_of_bar = $backend->get_size( 'namespace', 'foo' );
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22         foreach my $key ( $backend->get_keys( 'namespace' ) )
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27         foreach my $namespace ( $backend->get_namespaces( ) )
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METHODS

33       See Cache::Backend for the API documentation.
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35       new( $root, $depth, $directory_umask )
36           Construct a new FileBackend that writes data to the $root direc‐
37           tory, automatically creates subdirectories $depth levels deep, and
38           uses the umask of $directory_umask when creating directories.
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PROPERTIES

41       (get⎪set)_root
42           The location of the parent directory in which to store the files
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44       (get⎪set)_depth
45           The branching factor of the subdirectories created to store the
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48       (get⎪set)_directory_umask
49           The umask to be used when creating directories
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SEE ALSO

52       Cache::Backend, Cache::MemoryBackend, Cache::SharedMemoryBackend
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AUTHOR

55       Original author: DeWitt Clinton <dewitt@unto.net>
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57       Last author:     $Author: dclinton $
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59       Copyright (C) 2001-2003 DeWitt Clinton
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63perl v5.8.8                       2003-04-15             Cache::FileBackend(3)