Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)

FreeBSD Manual Pages

  
 
  

home | help 
PerlIO::Util(3)	      User Contributed Perl Documentation      PerlIO::Util(3)

NAME
       PerlIO::Util - A	selection of general PerlIO utilities

VERSION
       This document describes PerlIO::Util version 0.72.

SYNOPSIS
	       use PerlIO::Util;

	   # utility layers

	       # open and flock(IN, LOCK_EX)
	       $io = PerlIO::Util->open('+< :flock', $file);

	       # open with O_CREAT | O_EXCL
	       $io = PerlIO::Util->open('+<:creat :excl', $file);

	   my $out = PerlIO::Util->open('>:tee', 'file.txt', \$scalar, \*STDERR);
	   print $out 'foo'; # print to	'file.txt', $scalar and	*STDERR

	   # utility routines

	   *STDOUT->push_layer(scalar => \$scalar); # it dies on fail
	   print 'foo';	# to $scalar

	   print *STDOUT->pop_layer(); # => scalar
	   print $scalar; # to *STDOUT

DESCRIPTION
       "PerlIO::Util" provides general PerlIO utilities: utility layers	and
       utility methods.

       Utility layers are a part of "PerlIO::Util", but	you don't need to say
       "use PerlIO::Util" for loading them. They will be automatically loaded.

UTILITY	LAYERS
   :flock
       Easy interface to "flock()".

       See PerlIO::flock.

   :creat
       Use of O_CREAT without "Fcntl".

       See PerlIO::creat.

   :excl
       Use of O_EXCL without "Fcntl".

       See PerlIO::excl.

   :tee
       Multiplex output	stream.

       See PerlIO::tee.

   :dir
       PerlIO interface	to directory functions.

       See PerlIO::dir.

   :reverse
       Reverse input stream.

       See PerlIO::reverse.

   :fse
       Mediation of filesystem encoding.

       This layer was split into an independent	distribution, "PerlIO::fse".

       See PerlIO::fse.

UTILITY	METHODS
   PerlIO::Util->open(mode, args)
       Calls built-in "open()",	and returns an "IO::Handle" instance named
       args.  It dies on fail.

       Unlike Perl's "open()" (nor "IO::File"'s), mode is always required.

   PerlIO::Util->known_layers( )
       Returns the known layer names.

   FILEHANDLE->get_layers( )
       Returns the names of the	PerlIO layers on FILEHANDLE.

       See "Querying the layers	of filehandles"	in PerlIO.

   FILEHANDLE->push_layer(layer	[ => arg])
       Almost equivalent to "binmode(FILEHANDLE, ':layer(arg)')", but accepts
       any type	of arg,	e.g. a scalar reference	to the ":scalar" layer.

       This method dies	on fail. Otherwise, it returns FILEHANDLE.

   FILEHANDLE->pop_layer( )
       Equivalent to "binmode(FILEHANDLE, ':pop')". It removes a top level
       layer from FILEHANDLE, but note that you	cannot remove dummy layers
       such as ":utf8" or ":flock".

       This method returns the name of the popped layer.

DEPENDENCIES
       Perl 5.8.1 or later, and	a C compiler.

BUGS
       No bugs have been reported.

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to <gfuji(at)cpan.org>, or
       through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/>.

SEE ALSO
       PerlIO::flock, PerlIO::creat, PerlIO::excl, PerlIO::tee,	PerlIO::dir,
       PerlIO::reverse,	PerlIO::fse.

       PerlIO for "push_layer()" and "pop_layer()".

       perliol for implementation details.

       "open" in perlfunc.

       perlopentut.

AUTHOR
       Goro Fuji (ex a3/4e) <gfuji(at)cpan.org>.

LICENSE	AND COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2008-2010,	Goro Fuji <gfuji(at)cpan.org>. Some rights
       reserved.

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

perl v5.32.1			  2011-05-25		       PerlIO::Util(3)
NAME | VERSION | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | UTILITY LAYERS | UTILITY METHODS | DEPENDENCIES | BUGS | SEE ALSO | AUTHOR | LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Want to link to this manual page? Use this URL:
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=PerlIO::Util&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+13.0-RELEASE+and+Ports>

home | help