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- package User::grent;
- use strict;
-
- use 5.006_001;
- our $VERSION = '1.00';
- our(@EXPORT, @EXPORT_OK, %EXPORT_TAGS);
- BEGIN {
- use Exporter ();
- @EXPORT = qw(getgrent getgrgid getgrnam getgr);
- @EXPORT_OK = qw($gr_name $gr_gid $gr_passwd $gr_mem @gr_members);
- %EXPORT_TAGS = ( FIELDS => [ @EXPORT_OK, @EXPORT ] );
- }
- use vars @EXPORT_OK;
-
- # Class::Struct forbids use of @ISA
- sub import { goto &Exporter::import }
-
- use Class::Struct qw(struct);
- struct 'User::grent' => [
- name => '$',
- passwd => '$',
- gid => '$',
- members => '@',
- ];
-
- sub populate (@) {
- return unless @_;
- my $gob = new();
- ($gr_name, $gr_passwd, $gr_gid) = @$gob[0,1,2] = @_[0,1,2];
- @gr_members = @{$gob->[3]} = split ' ', $_[3];
- return $gob;
- }
-
- sub getgrent ( ) { populate(CORE::getgrent()) }
- sub getgrnam ($) { populate(CORE::getgrnam(shift)) }
- sub getgrgid ($) { populate(CORE::getgrgid(shift)) }
- sub getgr ($) { ($_[0] =~ /^\d+/) ? &getgrgid : &getgrnam }
-
- 1;
- __END__
-
- =head1 NAME
-
- User::grent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*() functions
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- use User::grent;
- $gr = getgrgid(0) or die "No group zero";
- if ( $gr->name eq 'wheel' && @{$gr->members} > 1 ) {
- print "gid zero name wheel, with other members";
- }
-
- use User::grent qw(:FIELDS;
- getgrgid(0) or die "No group zero";
- if ( $gr_name eq 'wheel' && @gr_members > 1 ) {
- print "gid zero name wheel, with other members";
- }
-
- $gr = getgr($whoever);
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- This module's default exports override the core getgrent(), getgruid(),
- and getgrnam() functions, replacing them with versions that return
- "User::grent" objects. This object has methods that return the similarly
- named structure field name from the C's passwd structure from F<grp.h>;
- namely name, passwd, gid, and members (not mem). The first three
- return scalars, the last an array reference.
-
- You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespace
- as regular variables using the :FIELDS import tag. (Note that this still
- overrides your core functions.) Access these fields as variables named
- with a preceding C<gr_>. Thus, C<$group_obj-E<gt>gid()> corresponds
- to $gr_gid if you import the fields. Array references are available as
- regular array variables, so C<@{ $group_obj-E<gt>members() }> would be
- simply @gr_members.
-
- The getpw() function is a simple front-end that forwards
- a numeric argument to getpwuid() and the rest to getpwnam().
-
- To access this functionality without the core overrides,
- pass the C<use> an empty import list, and then access
- function functions with their full qualified names.
- On the other hand, the built-ins are still available
- via the C<CORE::> pseudo-package.
-
- =head1 NOTE
-
- While this class is currently implemented using the Class::Struct
- module to build a struct-like class, you shouldn't rely upon this.
-
- =head1 AUTHOR
-
- Tom Christiansen
-