NAME
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro.pm - Only the bits of Path::Class used in App::GitFind
SYNOPSIS
This combines pieces of Path::Class::Entity, Path::Class::File, and Path::Class::Dir by Ken Williams. Those are licensed under the same terms as Perl itself. This file is licensed under the Artistic license, and these modifications are believed to be permissible under clause 3(a) of the Artistic License. This file is available for use and modification under the terms of the Artistic License.
Modifications: This file was modified by Christopher White <cxw@cpan.org>
to combine files and remove functions I don't use in App::GitFind.
The remainder of the documentation comes from the individual modules. Multiple packages are combined in this file.
NAME
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Entity - Base class for files and directories
VERSION
version 0.37
DESCRIPTION
This class is the base class for App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File
and App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
, it is not used directly by callers.
AUTHOR
Ken Williams, kwilliams@cpan.org
SEE ALSO
NAME
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File - Objects representing files
VERSION
version 0.37
SYNOPSIS
use App::GitFind::PathClassMicro; # Exports file() by default
my $file = file('foo', 'bar.txt'); # App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File object
my $file = App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File->new('foo', 'bar.txt'); # Same thing
# Stringifies to 'foo/bar.txt' on Unix, 'foo\bar.txt' on Windows, etc.
print "file: $file\n";
if ($file->is_absolute) { ... }
if ($file->is_relative) { ... }
my $v = $file->volume; # Could be 'C:' on Windows, empty string
# on Unix, 'Macintosh HD:' on Mac OS
$file->cleanup; # Perform logical cleanup of pathname
$file->resolve; # Perform physical cleanup of pathname
my $dir = $file->dir; # A App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir object
my $abs = $file->absolute; # Transform to absolute path
my $rel = $file->relative; # Transform to relative path
DESCRIPTION
The App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File
class contains functionality for manipulating file names in a cross-platform way.
METHODS
- $file = App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File->new( <dir1>, <dir2>, ..., <file> )
- $file = file( <dir1>, <dir2>, ..., <file> )
-
Creates a new
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File
object and returns it. The arguments specify the path to the file. Any volume may also be specified as the first argument, or as part of the first argument. You can use platform-neutral syntax:my $file = file( 'foo', 'bar', 'baz.txt' );
or platform-native syntax:
my $file = file( 'foo/bar/baz.txt' );
or a mixture of the two:
my $file = file( 'foo/bar', 'baz.txt' );
All three of the above examples create relative paths. To create an absolute path, either use the platform native syntax for doing so:
my $file = file( '/var/tmp/foo.txt' );
or use an empty string as the first argument:
my $file = file( '', 'var', 'tmp', 'foo.txt' );
If the second form seems awkward, that's somewhat intentional - paths like
/var/tmp
or\Windows
aren't cross-platform concepts in the first place, so they probably shouldn't appear in your code if you're trying to be cross-platform. The first form is perfectly fine, because paths like this may come from config files, user input, or whatever. - $file->stringify
-
This method is called internally when a
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File
object is used in a string context, so the following are equivalent:$string = $file->stringify; $string = "$file";
- $file->volume
-
Returns the volume (e.g.
C:
on Windows,Macintosh HD:
on Mac OS, etc.) of the object, if any. Otherwise, returns the empty string. - $file->basename
-
Returns the name of the file as a string, without the directory portion (if any).
- $file->components
-
Returns a list of the directory components of this file, followed by the basename.
Note: unlike
$dir->components
, this method currently does not accept any arguments to select which elements of the list will be returned. It may do so in the future. Currently it throws an exception if such arguments are present. - $file->is_dir
-
Returns a boolean value indicating whether this object represents a directory. Not surprisingly,
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File
objects always return false, and App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir objects always return true. - $file->is_absolute
-
Returns true or false depending on whether the file refers to an absolute path specifier (like
/usr/local/foo.txt
or\Windows\Foo.txt
). - $file->is_relative
-
Returns true or false depending on whether the file refers to a relative path specifier (like
lib/foo.txt
or.\Foo.txt
). - $file->cleanup
-
Performs a logical cleanup of the file path. For instance:
my $file = file('/foo//baz/./foo.txt')->cleanup; # $file now represents '/foo/baz/foo.txt';
- $dir->resolve
-
Performs a physical cleanup of the file path. For instance:
my $file = file('/foo/baz/../foo.txt')->resolve; # $file now represents '/foo/foo.txt', assuming no symlinks
This actually consults the filesystem to verify the validity of the path.
- $dir = $file->dir
-
Returns a
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
object representing the directory containing this file. - $dir = $file->parent
-
A synonym for the
dir()
method. - $abs = $file->absolute
-
Returns a
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File
object representing$file
as an absolute path. An optional argument, given as either a string or a App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir object, specifies the directory to use as the base of relativity - otherwise the current working directory will be used. - $rel = $file->relative
-
Returns a
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File
object representing$file
as a relative path. An optional argument, given as either a string or aApp::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
object, specifies the directory to use as the base of relativity - otherwise the current working directory will be used. - $foreign = $file->as_foreign($type)
-
Returns a
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File
object representing$file
as it would be specified on a system of type$type
. Known types includeUnix
,Win32
,Mac
,VMS
, andOS2
, i.e. anything for which there is a subclass ofFile::Spec
.Any generated objects (subdirectories, files, parents, etc.) will also retain this type.
- $foreign = App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File->new_foreign($type, @args)
-
Returns a
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File
object representing a file as it would be specified on a system of type$type
. Known types includeUnix
,Win32
,Mac
,VMS
, andOS2
, i.e. anything for which there is a subclass ofFile::Spec
.The arguments in
@args
are the same as they would be specified innew()
. - $fh = $file->open($mode, $permissions)
-
Passes the given arguments, including
$file
, toIO::File->new
(which in turn callsIO::File->open
and returns the result as an IO::File object. If the opening fails,undef
is returned and$!
is set. - $fh = $file->openr()
-
A shortcut for
$fh = $file->open('r') or croak "Can't read $file: $!";
- $fh = $file->openw()
-
A shortcut for
$fh = $file->open('w') or croak "Can't write to $file: $!";
- $fh = $file->opena()
-
A shortcut for
$fh = $file->open('a') or croak "Can't append to $file: $!";
- $file->touch
-
Sets the modification and access time of the given file to right now, if the file exists. If it doesn't exist,
touch()
will make it exist, and - YES! - set its modification and access time to now. - $file->slurp()
-
In a scalar context, returns the contents of
$file
in a string. In a list context, returns the lines of$file
(according to how$/
is set) as a list. If the file can't be read, this method will throw an exception.If you want
chomp()
run on each line of the file, pass a true value for thechomp
orchomped
parameters:my @lines = $file->slurp(chomp => 1);
You may also use the
iomode
parameter to pass in an IO mode to use when opening the file, usually IO layers (though anything accepted by the MODE argument ofopen()
is accepted here). Just make sure it's a reading mode.my @lines = $file->slurp(iomode => ':crlf'); my $lines = $file->slurp(iomode => '<:encoding(UTF-8)');
The default
iomode
isr
.Lines can also be automatically split, mimicking the perl command-line option
-a
by using thesplit
parameter. If this parameter is used, each line will be returned as an array ref.my @lines = $file->slurp( chomp => 1, split => qr/\s*,\s*/ );
The
split
parameter can only be used in a list context. - $file->spew( $content );
-
The opposite of "slurp", this takes a list of strings and prints them to the file in write mode. If the file can't be written to, this method will throw an exception.
The content to be written can be either an array ref or a plain scalar. If the content is an array ref then each entry in the array will be written to the file.
You may use the
iomode
parameter to pass in an IO mode to use when opening the file, just like "slurp" supports.$file->spew(iomode => '>:raw', $content);
The default
iomode
isw
. - $file->spew_lines( $content );
-
Just like
spew
, but, if $content is a plain scalar, appends $/ to it, or, if $content is an array ref, appends $/ to each element of the array.Can also take an
iomode
parameter likespew
. Again, the defaultiomode
isw
. - $file->traverse(sub { ... }, @args)
-
Calls the given callback on $file. This doesn't do much on its own, but see the associated documentation in App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir.
- $file->remove()
-
This method will remove the file in a way that works well on all platforms, and returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the file was successfully removed.
remove()
is better than simply calling Perl'sunlink()
function, because on some platforms (notably VMS) you actually may need to callunlink()
several times before all versions of the file are gone - theremove()
method handles this process for you. - $st = $file->stat()
-
Invokes
File::stat::stat()
on this file and returns a File::stat object representing the result.MODIFIED: returns an arrayref of
stat()
results. - $st = $file->lstat()
-
Same as
stat()
, but if$file
is a symbolic link,lstat()
stats the link instead of the file the link points to.MODIFIED: returns an arrayref of
lstat()
results. - $class = $file->dir_class()
-
Returns the class which should be used to create directory objects.
Generally overridden whenever this class is subclassed.
- $copy = $file->copy_to( $dest );
-
Copies the
$file
to$dest
. It returns a App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File object when successful,undef
otherwise. - $moved = $file->move_to( $dest );
-
Moves the
$file
to$dest
, and updates$file
accordingly.It returns
$file
is successful,undef
otherwise.
AUTHOR
Ken Williams, kwilliams@cpan.org
SEE ALSO
Path::Class, Path::Class::Dir, File::Spec
sub tempfile { my $self = shift; return File::Temp::tempfile(@_, DIR => $self->stringify); }
NAME
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir - Objects representing directories
VERSION
version 0.37
SYNOPSIS
use App::GitFind::PathClassMicro; # Exports dir() by default
my $dir = dir('foo', 'bar'); # App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir object
my $dir = App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir->new('foo', 'bar'); # Same thing
# Stringifies to 'foo/bar' on Unix, 'foo\bar' on Windows, etc.
print "dir: $dir\n";
if ($dir->is_absolute) { ... }
if ($dir->is_relative) { ... }
my $v = $dir->volume; # Could be 'C:' on Windows, empty string
# on Unix, 'Macintosh HD:' on Mac OS
$dir->cleanup; # Perform logical cleanup of pathname
$dir->resolve; # Perform physical cleanup of pathname
my $file = $dir->file('file.txt'); # A file in this directory
my $subdir = $dir->subdir('george'); # A subdirectory
my $parent = $dir->parent; # The parent directory, 'foo'
my $abs = $dir->absolute; # Transform to absolute path
my $rel = $abs->relative; # Transform to relative path
my $rel = $abs->relative('/foo'); # Relative to /foo
print $dir->as_foreign('Mac'); # :foo:bar:
print $dir->as_foreign('Win32'); # foo\bar
# Iterate with IO::Dir methods:
my $handle = $dir->open;
while (my $file = $handle->read) {
$file = $dir->file($file); # Turn into App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File object
...
}
# Iterate with App::GitFind::PathClassMicro methods:
while (my $file = $dir->next) {
# $file is a App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File or App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir object
...
}
DESCRIPTION
The App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
class contains functionality for manipulating directory names in a cross-platform way.
METHODS
- $dir = App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir->new( <dir1>, <dir2>, ... )
- $dir = dir( <dir1>, <dir2>, ... )
-
Creates a new
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
object and returns it. The arguments specify names of directories which will be joined to create a single directory object. A volume may also be specified as the first argument, or as part of the first argument. You can use platform-neutral syntax:my $dir = dir( 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' );
or platform-native syntax:
my $dir = dir( 'foo/bar/baz' );
or a mixture of the two:
my $dir = dir( 'foo/bar', 'baz' );
All three of the above examples create relative paths. To create an absolute path, either use the platform native syntax for doing so:
my $dir = dir( '/var/tmp' );
or use an empty string as the first argument:
my $dir = dir( '', 'var', 'tmp' );
If the second form seems awkward, that's somewhat intentional - paths like
/var/tmp
or\Windows
aren't cross-platform concepts in the first place (many non-Unix platforms don't have a notion of a "root directory"), so they probably shouldn't appear in your code if you're trying to be cross-platform. The first form is perfectly natural, because paths like this may come from config files, user input, or whatever.As a special case, since it doesn't otherwise mean anything useful and it's convenient to define this way,
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir->new()
(ordir()
) refers to the current directory (File::Spec->curdir
). To get the current directory as an absolute path, dodir()->absolute
.Finally, as another special case
dir(undef)
will return undef, since that's usually an accident on the part of the caller, and returning the root directory would be a nasty surprise just asking for trouble a few lines later. - $dir->stringify
-
This method is called internally when a
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
object is used in a string context, so the following are equivalent:$string = $dir->stringify; $string = "$dir";
- $dir->volume
-
Returns the volume (e.g.
C:
on Windows,Macintosh HD:
on Mac OS, etc.) of the directory object, if any. Otherwise, returns the empty string. - $dir->basename
-
Returns the last directory name of the path as a string.
- $dir->is_dir
-
Returns a boolean value indicating whether this object represents a directory. Not surprisingly, App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File objects always return false, and
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
objects always return true. - $dir->is_absolute
-
Returns true or false depending on whether the directory refers to an absolute path specifier (like
/usr/local
or\Windows
). - $dir->is_relative
-
Returns true or false depending on whether the directory refers to a relative path specifier (like
lib/foo
or./dir
). - $dir->cleanup
-
Performs a logical cleanup of the file path. For instance:
my $dir = dir('/foo//baz/./foo')->cleanup; # $dir now represents '/foo/baz/foo';
- $dir->resolve
-
Performs a physical cleanup of the file path. For instance:
my $dir = dir('/foo//baz/../foo')->resolve; # $dir now represents '/foo/foo', assuming no symlinks
This actually consults the filesystem to verify the validity of the path.
- $file = $dir->file( <dir1>, <dir2>, ..., <file> )
-
Returns a App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File object representing an entry in
$dir
or one of its subdirectories. Internally, this just callsApp::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File->new( @_ )
. - $subdir = $dir->subdir( <dir1>, <dir2>, ... )
-
Returns a new
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
object representing a subdirectory of$dir
. - $parent = $dir->parent
-
Returns the parent directory of
$dir
. Note that this is the logical parent, not necessarily the physical parent. It really means we just chop off entries from the end of the directory list until we cain't chop no more. If the directory is relative, we start using the relative forms of parent directories.The following code demonstrates the behavior on absolute and relative directories:
$dir = dir('/foo/bar'); for (1..6) { print "Absolute: $dir\n"; $dir = $dir->parent; } $dir = dir('foo/bar'); for (1..6) { print "Relative: $dir\n"; $dir = $dir->parent; } ########### Output on Unix ################ Absolute: /foo/bar Absolute: /foo Absolute: / Absolute: / Absolute: / Absolute: / Relative: foo/bar Relative: foo Relative: . Relative: .. Relative: ../.. Relative: ../../..
- @list = $dir->children
-
Returns a list of App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File and/or
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
objects listed in this directory, or in scalar context the number of such objects. Obviously, it is necessary for$dir
to exist and be readable in order to find its children.Note that the children are returned as subdirectories of
$dir
, i.e. the children of foo will be foo/bar and foo/baz, not bar and baz.Ordinarily
children()
will not include the self and parent entries.
and..
(or their equivalents on non-Unix systems), because that's like I'm-my-own-grandpa business. If you do want all directory entries including these special ones, pass a true value for theall
parameter:@c = $dir->children(); # Just the children @c = $dir->children(all => 1); # All entries
In addition, there's a
no_hidden
parameter that will exclude all normally "hidden" entries - on Unix this means excluding all entries that begin with a dot (.
):@c = $dir->children(no_hidden => 1); # Just normally-visible entries
- $abs = $dir->absolute
-
Returns a
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
object representing$dir
as an absolute path. An optional argument, given as either a string or aApp::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
object, specifies the directory to use as the base of relativity - otherwise the current working directory will be used. - $rel = $dir->relative
-
Returns a
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
object representing$dir
as a relative path. An optional argument, given as either a string or aApp::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
object, specifies the directory to use as the base of relativity - otherwise the current working directory will be used. - $boolean = $dir->subsumes($other)
-
Returns true if this directory spec subsumes the other spec, and false otherwise. Think of "subsumes" as "contains", but we only look at the specs, not whether
$dir
actually contains$other
on the filesystem.The
$other
argument may be aApp::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
object, a App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File object, or a string. In the latter case, we assume it's a directory.# Examples: dir('foo/bar' )->subsumes(dir('foo/bar/baz')) # True dir('/foo/bar')->subsumes(dir('/foo/bar/baz')) # True dir('foo/..')->subsumes(dir('foo/../bar)) # True dir('foo/bar' )->subsumes(dir('bar/baz')) # False dir('/foo/bar')->subsumes(dir('foo/bar')) # False dir('foo/..')->subsumes(dir('bar')) # False! Use C<contains> to resolve ".."
- $boolean = $dir->contains($other)
-
Returns true if this directory actually contains
$other
on the filesystem.$other
doesn't have to be a direct child of$dir
, it just has to be subsumed after both paths have been resolved. - $foreign = $dir->as_foreign($type)
-
Returns a
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
object representing$dir
as it would be specified on a system of type$type
. Known types includeUnix
,Win32
,Mac
,VMS
, andOS2
, i.e. anything for which there is a subclass ofFile::Spec
.Any generated objects (subdirectories, files, parents, etc.) will also retain this type.
- $foreign = App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir->new_foreign($type, @args)
-
Returns a
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
object representing$dir
as it would be specified on a system of type$type
. Known types includeUnix
,Win32
,Mac
,VMS
, andOS2
, i.e. anything for which there is a subclass ofFile::Spec
.The arguments in
@args
are the same as they would be specified innew()
. - @list = $dir->dir_list([OFFSET, [LENGTH]])
-
Returns the list of strings internally representing this directory structure. Each successive member of the list is understood to be an entry in its predecessor's directory list. By contract,
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro->new( $dir->dir_list )
should be equivalent to$dir
.The semantics of this method are similar to Perl's
splice
orsubstr
functions; they returnLENGTH
elements starting atOFFSET
. IfLENGTH
is omitted, returns all the elements starting atOFFSET
up to the end of the list. IfLENGTH
is negative, returns the elements fromOFFSET
onward except for-LENGTH
elements at the end. IfOFFSET
is negative, it counts backwardOFFSET
elements from the end of the list. IfOFFSET
andLENGTH
are both omitted, the entire list is returned.In a scalar context,
dir_list()
with no arguments returns the number of entries in the directory list;dir_list(OFFSET)
returns the single element at that offset;dir_list(OFFSET, LENGTH)
returns the final element that would have been returned in a list context. - $dir->components
-
Identical to
dir_list()
. It exists because there's an analogous methoddir_list()
in theApp::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File
class that also returns the basename string, so this method lets someone callcomponents()
without caring whether the object is a file or a directory. - (REMOVED) $fh = $dir->open()
-
Passes
$dir
toIO::Dir->open
and returns the result as an IO::Dir object. If the opening fails,undef
is returned and$!
is set. - (REMOVED) $dir->mkpath($verbose, $mode)
-
Passes all arguments, including
$dir
, toFile::Path::mkpath()
and returns the result (a list of all directories created). - (REMOVED) $dir->rmtree($verbose, $cautious)
-
Passes all arguments, including
$dir
, toFile::Path::rmtree()
and returns the result (the number of files successfully deleted). - $dir->remove()
-
Removes the directory, which must be empty. Returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the directory was successfully removed. This method is mainly provided for consistency with
App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File
'sremove()
method. - (REMOVED) $dir->tempfile(...)
-
An interface to File::Temp's
tempfile()
function. Just like that function, if you call this in a scalar context, the return value is the filehandle and the file isunlink
ed as soon as possible (which is immediately on Unix-like platforms). If called in a list context, the return values are the filehandle and the filename.The given directory is passed as the
DIR
parameter.Here's an example of pretty good usage which doesn't allow race conditions, won't leave yucky tempfiles around on your filesystem, etc.:
my $fh = $dir->tempfile; print $fh "Here's some data...\n"; seek($fh, 0, 0); while (<$fh>) { do something... }
Or in combination with a
fork
:my $fh = $dir->tempfile; print $fh "Here's some more data...\n"; seek($fh, 0, 0); if ($pid=fork()) { wait; } else { something($_) while <$fh>; }
- $dir_or_file = $dir->next()
-
A convenient way to iterate through directory contents. The first time
next()
is called, it willopen()
the directory and read the first item from it, returning the result as aApp::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Dir
or App::GitFind::PathClassMicro::File object (depending, of course, on its actual type). Each subsequent call tonext()
will simply iterate over the directory's contents, until there are no more items in the directory, and then the undefined value is returned. For example, to iterate over all the regular files in a directory:while (my $file = $dir->next) { next unless -f $file; my $fh = $file->open('r') or die "Can't read $file: $!"; ... }
If an error occurs when opening the directory (for instance, it doesn't exist or isn't readable),
next()
will throw an exception with the value of$!
. - $dir->traverse( sub { ... }, @args )
-
Calls the given callback for the root, passing it a continuation function which, when called, will call this recursively on each of its children. The callback function should be of the form:
sub { my ($child, $cont, @args) = @_; # ... }
For instance, to calculate the number of files in a directory, you can do this:
my $nfiles = $dir->traverse(sub { my ($child, $cont) = @_; return sum($cont->(), ($child->is_dir ? 0 : 1)); });
or to calculate the maximum depth of a directory:
my $depth = $dir->traverse(sub { my ($child, $cont, $depth) = @_; return max($cont->($depth + 1), $depth); }, 0);
You can also choose not to call the callback in certain situations:
$dir->traverse(sub { my ($child, $cont) = @_; return if -l $child; # don't follow symlinks # do something with $child return $cont->(); });
- $dir->traverse_if( sub { ... }, sub { ... }, @args )
-
traverse with additional "should I visit this child" callback. Particularly useful in case examined tree contains inaccessible directories.
Canonical example:
$dir->traverse_if( sub { my ($child, $cont) = @_; # do something with $child return $cont->(); }, sub { my ($child) = @_; # Process only readable items return -r $child; });
Second callback gets single parameter: child. Only children for which it returns true will be processed by the first callback.
Remaining parameters are interpreted as in traverse, in particular
traverse_if(callback, sub { 1 }, @args
is equivalent totraverse(callback, @args)
. - $dir->recurse( callback => sub {...} )
-
Iterates through this directory and all of its children, and all of its children's children, etc., calling the
callback
subroutine for each entry. This is a lot like what the File::Find module does, and of courseFile::Find
will work fine on App::GitFind::PathClassMicro objects, but the advantage of therecurse()
method is that it will also feed your callback routineApp::GitFind::PathClassMicro
objects rather than just pathname strings.The
recurse()
method requires acallback
parameter specifying the subroutine to invoke for each entry. It will be passed theApp::GitFind::PathClassMicro
object as its first argument.recurse()
also accepts two boolean parameters,depthfirst
andpreorder
that control the order of recursion. The default is a preorder, breadth-first search, i.e.depthfirst => 0, preorder => 1
. At the time of this writing, all combinations of these two parameters are supported exceptdepthfirst => 0, preorder => 0
.callback
is normally not required to return any value. If it returns special constantApp::GitFind::PathClassMicro::Entity::PRUNE()
(more easily available as$item->PRUNE
), no children of analyzed item will be analyzed (mostly as if you set$File::Find::prune=1
). Of course pruning is available only inpreorder
, in postorder return value has no effect. - $st = $file->stat()
-
Invokes
File::stat::stat()
on this directory and returns aFile::stat
object representing the result.MODIFIED: returns an arrayref of
stat()
results. - $st = $file->lstat()
-
Same as
stat()
, but if$file
is a symbolic link,lstat()
stats the link instead of the directory the link points to.MODIFIED: returns an arrayref of
lstat()
results. - $class = $file->file_class()
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Returns the class which should be used to create file objects.
Generally overridden whenever this class is subclassed.
AUTHOR
Ken Williams, kwilliams@cpan.org