03-08-2011
Yes, it's a special syntax for file redirection. &>N to write to a specific file descriptor, or &<N to read from a specific file descriptor, where N is an integer representing a valid file descriptor. Standard input is zero, standard output is 1, standard error is 2, anything else can vary.
To read or write from files, you omit the &.
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graphics::primitive::insets
Graphics::Primitive::Insets(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Graphics::Primitive::Insets(3pm)
NAME
Graphics::Primitive::Insets - Space between things
DESCRIPTION
Graphics::Primitive::Insets represents the amount of space that surrounds something. This object can be used to represent either padding
or margins (in the CSS sense, one being inside the bounding box, the other being outside)
SYNOPSIS
use Graphics::Primitive::Insets;
my $insets = Graphics::Primitive::Insets->new({
top => 5,
bottom => 5,
left => 5,
right => 5
});
METHODS
Constructor
new Creates a new Graphics::Primitive::Insets.
Instance Methods
as_array
Return these insets as an array in the form of top, right, bottom and left.
bottom
Set/Get the inset from the bottom.
equal_to
Determine if these Insets are equal to another.
left
Set/Get the inset from the left.
right
Set/Get the inset from the right.
top Set/Get the inset from the top.
zero
Sets all the insets (top, left, bottom, right) to 0.
AUTHOR
Cory Watson, "<gphat@cpan.org>"
SEE ALSO
perl(1)
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright 2008-2010 by Cory G Watson.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.12.3 2010-08-21 Graphics::Primitive::Insets(3pm)