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NAME

Run::Parts - Offers functionality of Debian's run-parts tool in Perl

VERSION

version 0.07

SYNOPSIS

Run::Parts offers functionality of Debian's run-parts(8) tool in Perl.

run-parts runs all the executable files named within constraints described in run-parts(8) and Run::Parts::Perl, found in the given directory. Other files and directories are silently ignored.

Additionally it can just print the names of the all matching files (not limited to executables, but ignores blacklisted files like e.g. backup files), but don't actually run them.

This is useful when functionality or configuration is split over multiple files in one directory. A typical convention is that the directory name ends in ".d". Common examples for such split configuration directories:

/etc/cron.d/
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/,
/etc/aptitude-robot/pkglist.d/
/etc/logrotate.d/
/etc/rsyslog.d/

Perhaps a little code snippet.

use Run::Parts;

my $rp  = Run::Parts->new('directory'); # chooses backend automatically
my $rpp = Run::Parts->new('directory', 'perl'); # pure perl backend
my $rpd = Run::Parts->new('directory', 'debian'); # uses /bin/run-parts

my @file_list        = $rp->list;
my @executables_list = $rpp->test;
my $commands_output  = $rpd->run;
...

BACKENDS

Run::Parts contains two backend implementations. Run::Parts::Debian actually uses /bin/run-parts and Run::Parts::Perl is a pure Perl implementation of a basic set of run-parts(8)' functionality.

Run::Parts::Debian may or may not work with RedHat's simplified shell-script based reimplementation of Debian's run-parts(8).

By default Run::Parts uses Run::Parts::Debian if /bin/run-parts exists, Run::Parts::Perl otherwise. But you can also choose any of the backends explicitly.

METHODS

new (Constructor)

Creates a new Run::Parts object. Takes one parameter, the directory on which run-parts should work.

run_parts_command

Returns the run-parts(8) command to run with the given command parameter.

list

Lists all relevant files in the given directory. Equivalent to "run-parts --list".

test

Lists all relevant executables in the given directory. Equivalent to "run-parts --test".

run

Runs all relevant executables in the given directory. Equivalent to "run-parts".

concat

Returns the concatenated contents of all relevant files in the given directory. Equivalent to "cat `run-parts --list`".

SEE ALSO

run-parts(8), Run::Parts::Debian, Run::Parts::Perl

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-run-parts at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Run-Parts. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

CODE

You can find a git repository of Run::Parts' code at https://github.com/xtaran/run-parts.

SUPPORT

AUTHOR

Axel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Axel Beckert.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.