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File::Slurp -- single call read & write file routines; read directories</PRE>
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<LI>Windows</LI>
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<H1><A NAME="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A></H1>
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use File::Slurp;</PRE>
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$all_of_it = read_file($filename);
@all_lines = read_file($filename);</PRE>
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write_file($filename, @contents)</PRE>
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overwrite_file($filename, @new_contnts);</PRE>
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append_file($filename, @additional_contents);</PRE>
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@files = read_dir($directory);</PRE>
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<P>These are quickie routines that are meant to save a couple of lines of
code over and over again. They do not do anything fancy.
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read_file() does what you would expect. If you are using its output
in array context, then it returns an array of lines. If you are calling
it from scalar context, then returns the entire file in a single string.</PRE>
<P>It croaks()s if it can't open the file.</P>
<P><CODE>write_file()</CODE> creates or overwrites files.</P>
<P><CODE>append_file()</CODE> appends to a file.</P>
<P><CODE>overwrite_file()</CODE> does an in-place update of an existing file or creates
a new file if it didn't already exist. Write_file will also replace a
file. The difference is that the first that that <CODE>write_file()</CODE> does is
to trucate the file whereas the last thing that <CODE>overwrite_file()</CODE> is to
trucate the file. <CODE>Overwrite_file()</CODE> should be used in situations where
you have a file that always needs to have contents, even in the middle
of an update.</P>
<P><CODE>read_dir()</CODE> returns all of the entries in a directory except for ``.''
and ``..''. It croaks if it cannot open the directory.</P>
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<H1><A NAME="author">AUTHOR</A></H1>
<P>David Muir Sharnoff <<A HREF="mailto:muir@idiom.com">muir@idiom.com</A>></P>
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