debian man page for arch::sharedcache

Arch::SharedCache(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				    Arch::SharedCache(3pm)

NAME
       Arch::SharedCache - a synchronized data structure (map) for IPC

SYNOPSIS
	   use Arch::SharedCache;

	   my $cache = Arch::SharedCache->new(
	       dir => '/tmp/dir-listings',
	       max_size   => 100,
	       expiration => 600,  # 10 minutes
	   );

	   sub ls_long { scalar `ls -l $_[0]` }

	   my $user_dir = '/usr/share';
	   $cache->store($user_dir => ls_long($user_dir));
	   $cache->fetch_store(sub { ls_long($_[0]) }, qw(/tmp /bin /usr/share));
	   printf "Cached listing of $user_dir:
%s", $cache->fetch($user_dir);
	   $cache->delete($user_dir);

	   # examine /tmp/dir-listings/ after running this script
	   # see also synopsys of Arch::SharedIndex

DESCRIPTION
       Arch::SharedCache provides an Arch::SharedIndex implementation using a single file per value.

METHODS
       The following methods are available:

       new.

       Other methods are documented in Arch::SharedIndex.

       new options
	   Create a new Arch::SharedCache object.  options is a hash of options.

	   dir The cache directory used to store data.	Will be created if it doesn't exist.

	   index_file
	       Name of the index file for the cache.  Defaults to "dir/.index".

BUGS
       Awaiting for your reports.

AUTHORS
       Mikhael Goikhman (migo@homemail.com--Perl-GPL/arch-perl--devel).

       Enno Cramer (uebergeek@web.de--2003/arch-perl--devel).

SEE ALSO
       For more information, see Arch::SharedIndex.

perl v5.10.1							    2005-09-17						    Arch::SharedCache(3pm)