NAME

Bio::GMOD::Update - Generics methods for updating a Bio::GMOD installation

SYNOPSIS

  # Update your Bio::GMOD installation
  use Bio::GMOD::Update;
  my $mod = Bio::GMOD::Update->new(-mod => 'WormBase');
  $mod->update(-version => 'WS136');

DESCRIPTION

Bio::GMOD::Update contains subroutines that simplify the maintenance of a Bio::GMOD installation.

PUBLIC METHODS

$mod = Bio::GMOD::Update->new()

The generic new() method is provided by Bio::GMOD.pm. new() provides the ability to override system installation paths. If you have a default installation for your MOD of interest, this should not be necessary. You will not normally interact with Bio::GMOD::Update objects, but instead with Bio::GMOD::Update::"MOD" objects.

See Bio::GMOD.pm and Bio::GMOD::Adaptor::* for a full description of all default paths for your MOD of interest.

$mod->update(@options)

update() is a wrapper method overriden by Bio::GMOD::Update::"MOD" update(). The update() method should return an array of all components installed as well as have the package variable "status" set.

$mod->cleanup()

Delete the contents of the temporary directory following an update. See Bio::GMOD::Update::* for how this method might affect you!

$self->prepare_tmp_dir

Prepare the temporary directory for downloading.

$self->mirror(@options);

Generic mirroring of files or directories (recursively)

BUGS

None reported.

SEE ALSO

Bio::GMOD, Bio::GMOD::Util::CheckVersions

AUTHOR

Todd W. Harris <harris@cshl.edu>.

Copyright (c) 2003-2005 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

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