NAME
ExtLib - common functions for use by Extensions.
DESCRIPTION
Functions
add_line_to_file ($file, $line)
Append a line to a text file.
check_bool ($bool)
Check if a string is a true value such as 1, true or yes. The match is not case sensitive. check_bool() is useful for checking true values from the configuration file.
chown_ug ($user, $group, @files)
Change ownership of a list of files using symbolic user and group names.
del_line_from_file ($file, $line)
Delete a given line from a text file.
edit_warning ($comment_char)
Returns a warning message that can be put in generated config file. It takes an optional string so that you can change the comment string. If not defined, it will use '#' by default.
generate_password ([$length [, @valid]])
Generate a random password of given length (or 10 if not supplied). The password will use the characters from @valid or, if not supplied, the characters from the following list:
(0..9, 'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z', '@', '#', '%', '^', '*')mkdir_p ($dir, $mode, $uid, $gid)
Make a directory and any missing parents. Similar to 'mkdir -p'.
repl_line_in_file ($file, $old_line, $new_line)
Replace a given line in a text file with another line.
rm_r ($dir)
Recursively delete all files in a given directory, including the directory.
run_scripts_in_dir ($dir[, @args])
Run all executable files in a given dir with the given command line arguments. Does not recurse into sub directories.
strip_ws ($string)
Remove leading and trailing white space.
touch ($file, $time)
Change the atime and mtime of file to $time or the current time if $time is not defined.
AUTHOR
Randy Smith <perlstalker@gmail.com>
LICENSE
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