NAME
File::Where - find the absolute file for a program module; absolute dir for a repository
SYNOPSIS
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# Subroutine interface
#
use File::Where qw(pm2require where where_dir where_file where_pm where_repository);
$program_module = is_module(@program_modules);
@program_modules = dir_pms( $dir );
@program_modules = program_modules( $dir, 'file_flag', @dirs);
$file = pm2require($pm);
@program_modules = repository_pms($repository);
$abs_file = where($relative_file);
$abs_file = where($relative_file, \@path);
($abs_file, $inc_path, $rel_fle) = where($relative_file)
($abs_file, $inc_path, $rel_fle) = where($relative_file, \@path);
$abs_dir = where($relative_dir, '', 'nofile');
$abs_dir = where($relative_dir, \@path, 'nofile');
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = where($relative_dir, '', 'nofile');
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = where($relative_dir, \@path, 'nofile');
$abs_dir = where_dir($relative_dir);
$abs_dir = where_dir($relative_dir, \@path;
$abs_dir = where_dir($relative_dir, @path;
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = where_dir($relative_dir);
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = where_dir($relative_dir, \@path);
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = where_dir($relative_dir, @path);
$abs_file = where_file($relative_file);
$abs_file = where_file($relative_file, \@path);
$abs_file = where_file($relative_file, @path);
($abs_file, $inc_path, $rel_fle) = where_file($relative_file)
($abs_file, $inc_path, $rel_fle) = where_file($relative_file, \@path)
($abs_file, $inc_path, $rel_fle) = where_file($relative_file, @path)
$abs_file = where_pm($pm);
$abs_file = where_pm($pm, \@path);
$abs_file = where_pm($pm, @path);
($abs_file, $inc_path, $require) = where_pm($pm);
($abs_file, $inc_path, $require) = where_pm($pm, \@path);
($abs_file, $inc_path, $require) = where_pm($pm, @path);
$abs_dir = where_repository($repository);
$abs_dir = where_repository($repository, \@path);
$abs_dir = where_repository($repository, @path);
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = where_repository($repository);
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = where_repository($repository, \@path);
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = where_repository($repository, @path);
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# Class interface
#
$program_module = File::Where->is_module(@program_modules);
@program_modules = File::Where->dir_pms( $dir );
@program_modules = File::Where->program_modules( $dir, 'file_flag', @dirs);
$file = File::Where->pm2require($pm);
@program_modules = File::Where->repository_pms($repository);
$abs_file = File::Where->where($relative_file);
$abs_file = File::Where->where($relative_file, \@path);
$abs_dir = File::Where->where($relative_dir, '', 'nofile');
$abs_dir = File::Where->where($relative_dir, \@path, 'nofile');
($abs_file, $inc_path, $require) = File::Where->where($relative_file)
($abs_file, $inc_path, $require) = File::Where->where($relative_file, \@path)
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = File::Where->where($relative_dir, '', 'nofile');
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = File::Where->where($relative_dir, \@path, 'nofile');
$abs_dir = File::Where->where_dir($relative_dir);
$abs_dir = File::Where->where_dir($relative_dir, \@path;
$abs_dir = File::Where->where_dir($relative_dir, @path;
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = File::Where->where_dir($relative_dir);
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = File::Where->where_dir($relative_dir, \@path);
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = File::Where->where_dir($relative_dir, @path);
$abs_file = File::Where->where_file($relative_file);
$abs_file = File::Where->where_file($relative_file, \@path);
$abs_file = File::Where->where_file($relative_file, @path);
($abs_file, $inc_path, $require) = File::Where->where_file($relative_file)
($abs_file, $inc_path, $require) = File::Where->where_file($relative_file, \@path)
($abs_file, $inc_path, $require) = File::Where->where_file($relative_file, @path)
$abs_file = File::Where->where_pm($pm);
$abs_file = File::Where->where_pm($pm, \@path);
$abs_file = File::Where->where_pm($pm, @path);
($abs_file, $inc_path, $require) = File::Where->where_pm($pm);
($abs_file, $inc_path, $require) = File::Where->where_pm($pm, \@path);
($abs_file, $inc_path, $require) = File::Where->where_pm($pm, @path);
$abs_dir = File::Where->where_repository($repository);
$abs_dir = File::Where->where_repository($repository, \@path);
$abs_dir = File::Where->where_repository($repository, @path);
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = File::Where->where_repository($repository);
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = File::Where->where_repository($repository, \@path);
($abs_dir, $inc_path, $rel_dir) = File::Where->where_repository($repository, @path);DESCRIPTION
From time to time, an program needs to know the abolute file for a program module that has not been loaded. The File::Where module provides methods to find this information. For loaded files, using the hash %INC may perform better than using the methods in this module.
SUBROUTINES
is_module
$program_module = is_module(@program_modules);The is_module subroutine determines if a $module is present in a list of modules @modules. The detemination is case insensitive and only the leading characters are needed.
dir_pms
@program_modules = dir_pms( $dir );The dir_pms subroutine returns the @program_modules in directory $dir.
program_modules
@program_modules = program_modules( $dir, '$file_flag', @dirs);The program_modules subroutine returns the program_modules in the dir File::Spec-catdir($dir,@dirs) with an empty 'file_flag'; otherwise with a 'file_flag', $dir is a file specification and program_modules subroutine only uses the directory portion of $dir.
repository_pms
@program_modules = repository_pms($repository);The repository_pms returns the @program_modules in repository. A repository is the a program module name that corresponds to a directory. For example, a repository for File::Where is File.
pm2require subroutine
$file = pm2require($pm_file)The pm2require method/subroutine returns the file suitable for use in a Perl require for the $pm program module.
where subroutine
The where subroutine is the core subroutine call by where_file, where_dir, where_pm and where_repository.
When $no_file is absent, 0 or '', the where subroutine performs as established for the where_file subroutine; otherwise the where subroutine performs as established for the where_dir subroutine.
The differences is that the where syntax only accepts a reference to an array path while the where_dir and where_file accept both a reference to an array path and an array path.
where_dir subroutine
When $nofile exists and is non-zero, the find_in_include method/subroutine looks for the $relative_dir under one of the directories in the @path (@INC path if @path is '' or 0) in the order listed in @path or @INC. When find_in_include finds the directory, it returns the absolute file $absolute_dir and the directory $path where it found $relative_dir when the usage calls for an array return; otherwise, the absolute directory $absolute_dir.
When the @path list of directores exists and is not '' or 0, the where_dir subroutine/method searches the @path list of directories instead of the @INC list of directories.
where_file subroutine
When $nofile is '', 0 or absent, the find_in_include method/subroutine looks for the $relative_file in one of the directories in the @path (@INC path if @path is absent, '' or 0) in the order listed in @path or @INC. When find_in_include finds the file, it returns the absolute file $file_absolute and the directory $path where it found $file_relative when the usage calls for an array return; otherwise, the absolute file $file_absolute.
When the @path list of directores exists and is not '' or 0, the where_file subroutine/method searches the @path list of directories instead of the @INC list of directories.
where_pm subroutine
In an array context, the where_pm subroutine/method returns the $absolute_file, the directory $inc_path in @INC, and the relative $require_file for the first directory in @INC list of directories where it found the program module $pm; otherwise, it returns just the $absolute_file.
When the @path list of directores exists and is not '' or 0, the where_pm subroutine/method searches the @path list of directories instead of the @INC list of directories.
where_repository subroutine
An repository specifies the location of a number of program modules. For example, the repository for this program module, File::Where, is File::.
In an array context, the where_repository subroutine/method returns the $absolute_directory, the directory $inc_path in @INC for the first directory in @INC list of directories, and the relative directory of the repository where it found the $repository; otherwise, it returns just the $absolute_file.\ When where_repository cannot find a directory containing the $repository relative directory, where_repository pops the last directory off the $repository relative directory and trys again. If where_repository finds that $repository is empty, it returns emptys.
for the $repository; otherwise, it returns just the $absolute_directory.
When the @path list of directores exists and is not '' or 0, the where_repository subroutine/method searches the @path list of directories instead of the @INC list of directories.
REQUIREMENTS
DEMONSTRATION
#########
# perl Where.d
###~~~~~~ Demonstration overview ~~~~~
The results from executing the Perl Code follow on the next lines as comments. For example,
2 + 2
# 4~~~~~~ The demonstration follows ~~~~~
use File::Spec;
use File::Copy;
use File::Path;
use File::Package;
my $fp = 'File::Package';
my $uut = 'File::Where';
my $loaded = '';
# Use the test file as an example since know its absolute path
#
my $test_script_dir = cwd();
chdir File::Spec->updir();
chdir File::Spec->updir();
my $include_dir = cwd();
chdir $test_script_dir;
my $OS = $^O; # need to escape ^
unless ($OS) { # on some perls $^O is not defined
require Config;
$OS = $Config::Config{'osname'};
}
$include_dir =~ s=/=\\=g if( $OS eq 'MSWin32');
$test_script_dir =~ s=/=\\=g if( $OS eq 'MSWin32');
# Put base directory as the first in the @INC path
#
my @restore_inc = @INC;
my $relative_file = File::Spec->catfile('t', 'File', 'Where.pm');
my $relative_dir1 = File::Spec->catdir('t', 'File');
my $relative_dir2 = File::Spec->catdir('t', 'Jolly_Green_Giant');
my $absolute_file1 = File::Spec->catfile($include_dir, 't', 'File', 'Where.pm');
my $absolute_dir1A = File::Spec->catdir($include_dir, 't', 'File');
my $absolute_dir1B = File::Spec->catdir($include_dir, 't');
mkpath (File::Spec->catdir($test_script_dir, 't','File'));
my $absolute_file2 = File::Spec->catfile($test_script_dir, 't', 'File', 'Where.pm');
my $absolute_dir2A = File::Spec->catdir($include_dir, 't', 'File', 't', 'File');
my $absolute_dir2B = File::Spec->catdir($include_dir, 't', 'File', 't');
#####
# If doing a target site install, blib going to be up front in @INC
# Locate the include directory with high probability of having the
# first File::Where in the include path.
#
# Really not important that that cheapen test somewhat by doing a quasi
# where search in that using this to test for a boundary condition where
# the class, 'File::Where', is the same as the program module 'File::Where
# that the 'where' subroutine/method is locating.
#
my $absolute_dir_where = File::Spec->catdir($include_dir, 'lib');
foreach (@INC) {
if ($_ =~ /blib/) {
$absolute_dir_where = $_ ;
last;
}
elsif ($_ =~ /lib/) {
$absolute_dir_where = $_ ;
last;
}
}
my $absolute_file_where = File::Spec->catfile($absolute_dir_where, 'File', 'Where.pm');
my @inc2 = ($test_script_dir, @INC); # another way to do unshift
copy $absolute_file1,$absolute_file2;
unshift @INC, $include_dir;
my (@actual,$actual); # use for array and scalar context
##################
# Load UUT
#
my $errors = $fp->load_package('File::Where', 'where_pm')
$errors
# ''
#
##################
# pm2require
#
$actual = $uut->pm2require( 'File::Where')
# 'File\Where.pm'
#
##################
# program modules('_Drivers_')
#
[my @drivers = sort $uut->program_modules( '_Drivers_' )]
# [
# 'Driver',
# 'Generate',
# 'IO'
# ]
#
##################
# is_module('dri', Driver Generate IO)
#
$uut->is_module('dri', @drivers )
# 'Driver'
#
##################
# repository_pms('t::File::_Drivers_')
#
[@drivers = sort $uut->repository_pms( 't::File::_Drivers_' )]
# [
# 'Driver',
# 'Generate',
# 'IO'
# ]
#
##################
# dir_pms( '_Drivers_' )
#
[@drivers = sort $uut->dir_pms( '_Drivers_' )]
# [
# 'Driver',
# 'Generate',
# 'IO'
# ]
#
##################
# where finding a file, array context, path absent
#
[@actual = $uut->where($relative_file)]
# [
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File\Where.pm',
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation',
# 't\File\Where.pm'
# ]
#
##################
# where finding a file, scalar context, path absent
#
$actual = $uut->where($relative_file)
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File\Where.pm'
#
##################
# where finding a file, array context, array reference path
#
[@actual = $uut->where($relative_file, [$test_script_dir, $include_dir])]
# [
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File\t\File\Where.pm',
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File',
# 't\File\Where.pm'
# ]
#
##################
# where finding a dir, array context, path absent
#
[@actual = $uut->where($relative_dir1, '', 'nofile')]
# [
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File',
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation',
# 't\File'
# ]
#
##################
# where finding a dir, scalar context, path absent
#
$actual = $uut->where($relative_file, '', 'nofile')
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File'
#
##################
# where finding a dir, array context, array reference path
#
[@actual = $uut->where($relative_dir2, \@inc2, 'nofile')]
# [
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File\t',
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File',
# 't'
# ]
#
##################
# where finding a dir, scalar context, array reference path
#
$actual = $uut->where('t', [$test_script_dir,@INC], 'nofile')
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File\t'
#
##################
# where_file, array context, path absent
#
[@actual = $uut->where_file($relative_file)]
# [
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File\Where.pm',
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation',
# 't\File\Where.pm'
# ]
#
##################
# where_file, scalar context, array path
#
$actual = $uut->where_file($relative_file, $test_script_dir, $include_dir)
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File\t\File\Where.pm'
#
##################
# where_dir, array context, array reference
#
[@actual = $uut->where_dir($relative_dir1, \@inc2)]
# [
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File\t\File',
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File',
# 't\File'
# ]
#
##################
# where_dir, array context, array reference
#
[@actual = $uut->where_dir($relative_dir2, $test_script_dir)]
# [
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File\t',
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File',
# 't'
# ]
#
##################
# where_dir, scalar context, path absent
#
$actual = $uut->where_dir($relative_file)
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File'
#
##################
# where_pm, array context, path absent
#
[@actual= $uut->where_pm( 't::File::Where' )]
# [
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File\Where.pm',
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation',
# 't\File\Where.pm'
# ]
#
##################
# where_pm, scalar context, array path
#
$actual = $uut->where_pm( 't::File::Where', @inc2)
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File\t\File\Where.pm'
#
##################
# where_pm, File::Where boundary case
#
$actual = $uut->where_pm( 'File::Where')
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\lib\File\Where.pm'
#
##################
# where_pm subroutine, array context, array reference path
#
[@actual= $uut->where_pm( 't::File::Where', [$test_script_dir])]
# [
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File\t\File\Where.pm',
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File',
# 't\File\Where.pm'
# ]
#
##################
# where_repository, array context, path absent
#
[@actual= $uut->where_repository( 't::File' )]
# [
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File',
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation',
# 't\File'
# ]
#
##################
# where_repository, scalar context, array path
#
$actual = $uut->where_repository( 't::File', @inc2)
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File\t\File'
#
##################
# where_repository, array context, array reference path
#
[@actual= $uut->where_repository( 't::Jolly_Green_Giant', [$test_script_dir])]
# [
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File\t',
# 'E:\User\SoftwareDiamonds\installation\t\File',
# 't'
# ]
#
@INC = @restore_inc; #restore @INC;
rmtree 't';QUALITY ASSURANCE
Running the test script Where.t verifies the requirements for this module.
The tmake.pl cover script for Test::STDmaker automatically generated the Where.t test script, Where.d demo script, and t::Data::Where program module POD, from the t::Data::Where program module contents. The t::Data::Where program module is in the distribution file Data-Where-$VERSION.tar.gz.
NOTES
Author
The holder of the copyright and maintainer is
<support@SoftwareDiamonds.com>
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