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- package File::Compare;
-
- use strict;
- use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK $Too_Big *FROM *TO);
-
- require Exporter;
- use Carp;
-
- $VERSION = '1.1001';
- @ISA = qw(Exporter);
- @EXPORT = qw(compare);
- @EXPORT_OK = qw(cmp);
-
- $Too_Big = 1024 * 1024 * 2;
-
- sub VERSION {
- # Version of File::Compare
- return $File::Compare::VERSION;
- }
-
- sub compare {
- croak("Usage: compare( file1, file2 [, buffersize]) ")
- unless(@_ == 2 || @_ == 3);
-
- my $from = shift;
- my $to = shift;
- my $closefrom=0;
- my $closeto=0;
- my ($size, $fromsize, $status, $fr, $tr, $fbuf, $tbuf);
- local(*FROM, *TO);
- local($\) = '';
-
- croak("from undefined") unless (defined $from);
- croak("to undefined") unless (defined $to);
-
- if (ref($from) &&
- (UNIVERSAL::isa($from,'GLOB') || UNIVERSAL::isa($from,'IO::Handle'))) {
- *FROM = *$from;
- } elsif (ref(\$from) eq 'GLOB') {
- *FROM = $from;
- } else {
- open(FROM,"<$from") or goto fail_open1;
- binmode FROM;
- $closefrom = 1;
- $fromsize = -s FROM;
- }
-
- if (ref($to) &&
- (UNIVERSAL::isa($to,'GLOB') || UNIVERSAL::isa($to,'IO::Handle'))) {
- *TO = *$to;
- } elsif (ref(\$to) eq 'GLOB') {
- *TO = $to;
- } else {
- open(TO,"<$to") or goto fail_open2;
- binmode TO;
- $closeto = 1;
- }
-
- if ($closefrom && $closeto) {
- # If both are opened files we know they differ if their size differ
- goto fail_inner if $fromsize != -s TO;
- }
-
- if (@_) {
- $size = shift(@_) + 0;
- croak("Bad buffer size for compare: $size\n") unless ($size > 0);
- } else {
- $size = $fromsize;
- $size = 1024 if ($size < 512);
- $size = $Too_Big if ($size > $Too_Big);
- }
-
- $fbuf = '';
- $tbuf = '';
- while(defined($fr = read(FROM,$fbuf,$size)) && $fr > 0) {
- unless (defined($tr = read(TO,$tbuf,$fr)) and $tbuf eq $fbuf) {
- goto fail_inner;
- }
- }
- goto fail_inner if (defined($tr = read(TO,$tbuf,$size)) && $tr > 0);
-
- close(TO) || goto fail_open2 if $closeto;
- close(FROM) || goto fail_open1 if $closefrom;
-
- return 0;
-
- # All of these contortions try to preserve error messages...
- fail_inner:
- close(TO) || goto fail_open2 if $closeto;
- close(FROM) || goto fail_open1 if $closefrom;
-
- return 1;
-
- fail_open2:
- if ($closefrom) {
- $status = $!;
- $! = 0;
- close FROM;
- $! = $status unless $!;
- }
- fail_open1:
- return -1;
- }
-
- *cmp = \&compare;
-
- 1;
-
- __END__
-
- =head1 NAME
-
- File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- use File::Compare;
-
- if (compare("file1","file2") == 0) {
- print "They're equal\n";
- }
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- The File::Compare::compare function compares the contents of two
- sources, each of which can be a file or a file handle. It is exported
- from File::Compare by default.
-
- File::Compare::cmp is a synonym for File::Compare::compare. It is
- exported from File::Compare only by request.
-
- =head1 RETURN
-
- File::Compare::compare return 0 if the files are equal, 1 if the
- files are unequal, or -1 if an error was encountered.
-
- =head1 AUTHOR
-
- File::Compare was written by Nick Ing-Simmons.
- Its original documentation was written by Chip Salzenberg.
-
- =cut
-
-