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Cache::FileBackend(3pm) 				User Contributed Perl Documentation				   Cache::FileBackend(3pm)

NAME
       Cache::FileBackend -- a filesystem based persistance mechanism

DESCRIPTION
       The FileBackend class is used to persist data to the filesystem

SYNOPSIS
	 my $backend = new Cache::FileBackend( '/tmp/FileCache', 3, 000 );

	 See Cache::Backend for the usage synopsis.

	 $backend->store( 'namespace', 'foo', 'bar' );

	 my $bar = $backend->restore( 'namespace', 'foo' );

	 my $size_of_bar = $backend->get_size( 'namespace', 'foo' );

	 foreach my $key ( $backend->get_keys( 'namespace' ) )
	 {
	   $backend->delete_key( 'namespace', $key );
	 }

	 foreach my $namespace ( $backend->get_namespaces( ) )
	 {
	   $backend->delete_namespace( $namespace );
	 }

METHODS
       See Cache::Backend for the API documentation.

       new( $root, $depth, $directory_umask )
	   Construct a new FileBackend that writes data to the $root directory, automatically creates subdirectories $depth levels deep, and uses
	   the umask of $directory_umask when creating directories.

PROPERTIES
       (get|set)_root
	   The location of the parent directory in which to store the files

       (get|set)_depth
	   The branching factor of the subdirectories created to store the files

       (get|set)_directory_umask
	   The umask to be used when creating directories

SEE ALSO
       Cache::Backend, Cache::MemoryBackend, Cache::SharedMemoryBackend

AUTHOR
       Original author: DeWitt Clinton <dewitt@unto.net>

       Last author:	$Author: dclinton $

       Copyright (C) 2001-2003 DeWitt Clinton

perl v5.12.4							    2011-08-06						   Cache::FileBackend(3pm)