NAME¶

File::Fu - file and directory objects

SYNOPSIS¶

The directory constructor:

  use File::Fu;
  my $dir = File::Fu->dir("bar");
  print "$dir\n"; # 'bar/'
  my $file = $dir + 'bar.txt';
  print "$file\n"; # 'bar/bar.txt'
  my $d2 = $dir % 'baz'; # 'barbaz/'
  my $d3 = $dir / 'bat'; # 'bar/bat/'
  my $file2 = $dir / 'bat' + 'foo.txt'; # 'bar/bat/foo.txt'

The file constructor:

  my $file = File::Fu->file("foo");
  $file->e and warn "$file exists";
  $file->l and warn "$file is a link";
  warn "file is in ", $file->dir;

ABOUT¶

This class provides the toplevel interface to File::Fu directory and file objects, with operator overloading which allows precise path composition and support for most builtin methods, as well as creation of temporary files/directories, finding files, and more.

The interface and style are quite different than the perl builtins or File::Spec. The syntax is concise. Errors are thrown with croak(), so you never need to check a return code.

Constructors¶

The actual objects are in the 'Dir' and 'File' sub-namespaces.

  my $dir = File::Fu->dir($path);

  my $file = File::Fu->file($path);

Class Constants¶

  my $dir = File::Fu->tmp;

  my $dir = File::Fu->home;

  my $prog = File::Fu->program_name;

  my $dir = File::Fu->program_dir;

Class Methods¶

  my $file = File::Fu->THIS_FILE;

  my $dir = File::Fu->cwd;

  my @prog = File::Fu->which($name) or die "cannot find $name";

  my $prog = File::Fu->which($name);

Temporary Directories and Files¶

These class methods call the corresponding File::Fu::Dir methods on the value of tmp(). That is, you get a temporary file/dir in the '/tmp/' directory.

  my $dir = File::Fu->temp_dir;

  my $handle = File::Fu->temp_file;

Operators¶

If you choose not to use the overloaded operators, you can just say "$obj->stringify()" or "$obj" whenever you want to drop the object-y nature and treat the path as a string.

The operators can be convenient for building-up path names, but you probably don't want to think of them as "math on filenames", because they are nothing like that.

The '+' and '/' operators only apply to directory objects.

  op   method                     mnemonic
  --   ----------------           --------------------
  +    $d->file($b) ............. plus (not "add")
  /    $d->subdir($b) ........... slash (not "divide")

The other operators apply to both files and directories.

  op   method                     mnemonic
  --   ----------------           --------------------
  %=   $p->append($b) ........... mod(ify)
  %    $p->clone->append($b)      
  &=   $p->map(sub{...}) ........ invoke subref
  &    $p->clone->map(sub {...})

Aside: It would be more natural to use ".=" as append(), but the way perl compiles "$obj foo" into "$obj . " foo"" makes it impossible to do the right thing because the lines between object and string are too ambiguous.

Subclassing¶

You may wish to subclass File:Fu and override the dir_class() and/or file_class() class methods to point to your own Dir/File subclasses.

  my $class = 'My::FileFu';
  my $dir = $class->dir("foo");

See File::Fu::File and File::Fu::Dir for more info.

  File::Fu->dir_class # File::Fu::Dir

  File::Fu->file_class # File::Fu::File

See Also¶

File::Fu::why if I need to explain my motivations.

Path::Class, from which many an idea was taken.

File::stat, IO::File, File::Spec, File::Find, File::Temp, File::Path, File::Basename, perlfunc, perlopentut.

AUTHOR¶

Eric Wilhelm @ <ewilhelm at cpan dot org>

http://scratchcomputing.com/

BUGS¶

If you found this module on CPAN, please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

If you pulled this development version from my /svn/, please contact me directly.

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright (C) 2008 Eric L. Wilhelm, All Rights Reserved.

NO WARRANTY¶

Absolutely, positively NO WARRANTY, neither express or implied, is offered with this software. You use this software at your own risk. In case of loss, no person or entity owes you anything whatsoever. You have been warned.

LICENSE¶

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.