Archive::Cpio

NAME

Archive::Cpio − module for manipulations of cpio archives

SYNOPSIS

use Archive::Cpio;
# simple example removing entry "foo"
my $cpio = Archive::Cpio−>new;
$cpio−>read($file);
$cpio−>remove('foo');
$cio−>write($file);
# more complex example, filtering on the fly
my $cpio = Archive::Cpio−>new;
$cpio−>read_with_handler(\*STDIN,
sub {
my ($e) = @_;
if ($e−>name ne 'foo') {
$cpio−>write_one(\*STDOUT, $e);
}
});
$cpio−>write_trailer(\*STDOUT);

DESCRIPTION

Archive::Cpio provides a few functions to read and write cpio files.

Archive::Cpio−>new()
Create an object

$cpio−>read($filename)
$cpio−>read($filehandle)
Reads the cpio file

$cpio−>write($filename)
$cpio−>write($filehandle)
Writes the entries and the trailer

$cpio−>remove(@filenames)
Removes any entries with names matching any of the given filenames from the in-memory archive

$cpio−>get_files([ @filenames ])
Returns a list of "Archive::Cpio::File" (after a "$cpio−"read>)

$cpio−>get_file($filename)
Returns the "Archive::Cpio::File" matching "$filename< (after a "$cpio−"read")

$cpio−>add_data($filename, $data, $opthashref)
Takes a filename, a scalar full of data and optionally a reference to a hash with specific options.

Will add a file to the in-memory archive, with name $filename and content $data. Specific properties can be set using $opthashref.

$cpio−>read_with_handler($filehandle, $coderef)
Calls the handler function on each header. An "Archive::Cpio::File" is passed as a parameter

$cpio−>write_one($filehandle, $entry)
Writes a "Archive::Cpio::File" (beware, a valid cpio needs a trailer using "write_trailer")

$cpio−>write_trailer($filehandle)
Writes the trailer to finish the cpio file

AUTHOR

Pascal Rigaux <pixel@mandriva.com>