Cache::FileBackend.3pm

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Version: 2005-07-13 (mandriva - 01/05/08)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

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