Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::MetaInfo(3)			User Contributed Perl Documentation		    Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::MetaInfo(3)

NAME

       Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::MetaInfo - A cache for folder metadata

DESCRIPTION

       This module implements a cache for meta-information for mbox folders. The information includes such items such as the file position, the
       line number, and the byte offset of the start of each email.

   METHODS AND FUNCTIONS
       SETUP_CACHE(...)
	     SETUP_CACHE( { 'file_name' => <cache file name> } );

	     <cache file name> - the file name of the cache

	   Call this function once to set up the cache before creating any parsers. You must provide the location to the cache file. There is no
	   default value.

	   Returns an error string or 1 if there is no error.

       CLEAR_CACHE();
	   Use this function to clear the cache and delete the cache file.  Normally you should not need to clear the cache--the module will
	   automatically update the cache when the mailbox changes. Call this function after SETUP_CACHE.

       WRITE_CACHE();
	   Use this function to force the module to write the in-memory cache information to the cache file. Normally you do not need to do
	   this--the module will automatically write the information when the program exits.

       $ref = new( { 'file_name' => <mailbox file name>, 'file_handle' => <mailbox file handle>, });
	       <file_name> - The full filename of the mailbox
	       <file_handle> - An opened file handle for the mailbox

	   The constructor for the class takes two parameters. file_name is the filename of the mailbox. This will be used as the cache key, so
	   it's important that it fully defines the path to the mailbox. The file_handle argument is the opened file handle to the mailbox. Both
	   arguments are required.

	   Returns a reference to a Mail::Mbox::MessageParser object, or a string describing the error.

BUGS

       No known bugs.

       Contact david@coppit.org for bug reports and suggestions.

AUTHOR

       David Coppit <david@coppit.org>.

LICENSE

       This software is distributed under the terms of the GPL. See the file "LICENSE" for more information.

HISTORY

       This code was originally part of the grepmail distribution. See http://grepmail.sf.net/ for previous versions of grepmail which included
       early versions of this code.

SEE ALSO

       Mail::Mbox::MessageParser

POD ERRORS

       Hey! The above document had some coding errors, which are explained below:

       Around line 298:
	   You forgot a '=back' before '=head1'

perl v5.12.1							    2008-07-17				    Mail::Mbox::MessageParser::MetaInfo(3)