AnyData::Storage::File(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			       AnyData::Storage::File(3pm)

NAME

	AnyData::Storage::File -- manipulate files with rich warnings

DESCRIPTION

	Opens, reads from, writes to, creates and destroys files with numerous
	options for error handling, flocking, binmode, etc.

	The simplest form is the equivalent of

	      my $f    = AnyData::Storage::File->new(dirs=>@dirs,flock=>1);
	      my $str1 = $f->adSlurp($file);

	      for( @dirs ) {
		  open(IN,$file) or die $!;
	      }
	      sub slurp {
		  local *IN;
		  local $/ = undef;
	      }

	But, depending on how you set the default behaviour

SYNOPSIS

	use AnyData;
	my $f = AnyData::Storage::File->new;
	$f->set('binmode',1|0);
	$f->set('PrintError',1|0);
	$f->set('RaiseError',1|0);
	$f->set('Trace',1|0);
	$f->set('f_dir',$dir|$dir_array)

       <  input, fail if doesn't exist >  output, truncate if exists, create if doesn't >> append, create if doesn't exist +< read/write, fail if
       doesn't exist

       r  = < r+ =

new()
	my $f = AnyData::Storage::File->new;

	or

	my $f = AnyData::Storage::File->new( %flags );

	%flags is a hash which can contain any or all of:

	    f_dir      => $directory,	# defaults to './' (
	    binmode    => $binmode,	# defaults to 0 (doesn't binmode files)
	    printError => $warnings,	# defaults to 1 (print warning on errors)

open_local_file( $fname, $mode );
	Mode is one of

	a = append     open for reading & writing, create if doesn't exist
	r = read       open for reading, fail if doesn't exist
	u = open       open for reading & writing, fail if doesn't exist
	c = create     open for reading & writing, fail if it already exists
	o = overwrite  open for reading & writing, overwrite if it already exists

	Additionally, all modes fail if the file can't be opened.  On systems
	that support flock, 'r' fails if a shared lock can not be obtained; the
	other modes fail if an exclusive lock can't be obtained.

perl v5.10.1							    2004-08-17					       AnyData::Storage::File(3pm)