NAME

Meta::Pdmt::FileNode - a node representing a file.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Mark Veltzer; All rights reserved.

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.

DETAILS

        MANIFEST: FileNode.pm
        PROJECT: meta
        VERSION: 0.01

SYNOPSIS

        package foo;
        use Meta::Pdmt::FileNode qw();
        my($object)=Meta::Pdmt::FileNode->new();
        my($result)=$object->method();

DESCRIPTION

This is a node in the PDMT graph representing a file in the file system.

FUNCTIONS

        BEGIN()
        exist($)
        remove($)
        date($)
        uptodate($$)
        TEST($)

FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION

BEGIN()

This initialization method sets up a default constructor and accessor methods for the following attributes: 1. path. 2. md5

exist($)

This method returns whether the file exists or not.

remove($)

This file removes the current file ("make clean").

date($)

This method returns the modification date of the current file.

uptodate($$)

This is an overriding method to implement what does it mean for a disk file to be up to date.

TEST($)

Test suite for this module.

SUPER CLASSES

Meta::Pdmt::Node(3)

BUGS

None.

AUTHOR

        Name: Mark Veltzer
        Email: mailto:veltzer@cpan.org
        WWW: http://www.veltzer.org
        CPAN id: VELTZER

HISTORY

        0.00 MV web site automation
        0.01 MV SEE ALSO section fix

SEE ALSO

Meta::Class::MethodMaker(3), Meta::Pdmt::Node(3), Meta::Utils::File::File(3), Meta::Utils::File::Time(3), strict(3)

TODO

Nothing.