ActiveState::RelocateTree - copy tree substituting paths at the same time

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NAME

ActiveState::RelocateTree - copy tree substituting paths at the same time

SYNOPSIS

   use ActiveState::RelocateTree qw(relocate);
   relocate(from => 'C:\Perl', to => 'D:\lang\perl');

DESCRIPTION

When a perl installation is copied into a new location, some of its files need to be modified accordingly. The ActiveState::RelocateTree module provide functions that helps you do this.

The following functions are provided. None of them are exported by default.

relocate( %options )

This is the main entry point that applications will use. The following options are recognized:

to

The tree which must be transformed. Unless the inplace option is true, it will copy the tree at from to to before transforming it. This option is the only one required. The other options have reasonable defaults, so in most cases this is the only option you need to provide.

from

The path from which to copy the perl tree. Defaults to $Config{prefix}, the home of the currently executing perl interpreter.

search

This is the path which will be searched for and replaced in to. This defaults to the value of from.

replace

The replacement value for search. This defaults to the value of to.

inplace

If the tree at to already exists and you just want to transform it in-situ, use this option. It skips the copying step and just transforms the tree. If from equals to, it is set to true and cannot be unset. Otherwise it defaults to false.

killorig

If you're really moving the tree, this option will remove from after copying and transforming to. Use with care! Defaults to false.

bak

While relocating the tree, relocate() creates a backup file for each file being edited. This option allows you to specify the extension of backup files. Defaults to .~1~.

savebaks

Normally relocate() deletes the backup files before returning. savebaks skips that step, leaving the backup files alone. Defaults to false (backups are deleted).

textonly

Normally relocate() edits both text and binary files. Text files are replaced using a normal search-and-replace algorithm, but binary files are NULL-padded so that all offsets remain the same. By default, textonly is false, i.e. relocate() operates on both text and binary files.

ranlib

If ranlib is true, relocate() will call ranlib on binary files which look like library files (have the $Config{_a} extension). Defaults to true.

verbose

If verbose is true, relocate() emits warning messages as it performs certain operations. This may be useful for debugging, or for command-line tools, where user feedback is a good thing.

quiet

Normally, relocate() prints out some status messages even with verbose disabled. If quiet is true, all messages (except error messages) are temporarily silenced. This option overrides verbose, so there isn't much point calling relocate() with both quiet and verbose set. By default, quiet is false.

filelist

If specified, relocate() will write a list of the files modified to filelist, one filename per line. The lines are prefixed with ``B '' for binary files and ``T '' for text files.

move_tree( $from, $to )

move_tree( $from, $to, $delete_after, $verbose )

This function will copy the directory tree at $from to the location $to.

If $delete_after is TRUE, then tree at $from will be removed after the copy completes. If $verbose is TRUE, then print a message when deleting the $from tree.

check( $file, $regexp, $is_binary )

Returns TRUE if there are occurrences of $regexp in $file. It is used by relocate() to search for files which should be edited. If $is_binary is TRUE, then read the file in binmode.

edit( $regexp, $from, $dest, $bak, $are_binary, @files )

edit() is designed to rip though a set of files, efficiently replacing $from with $dest. It operates on the whole set of files, which all need to be of the same type (binary or text). It accepts the following parameters:

$regexp

The regular expression to search for. Matching text will be replaced with $dest.

$from

The path to search for and replace. If $are_binary is true, this is used to calculate the amount of NUL-padding required to preserve the length of strings. It is not used otherwise.

$dest

The replacement string. If $are_binary is true and $dest is shorter than $from, then it inserts a NULL-pad to preserve the original length of the strings.

$bak

The extension to use when storing backup files.

$are_binary

A boolean: if true, the files are edited with binary semantics: the filehandles are set to binmode, and strings are NULL-padded. Otherwise a plain-old substitution occurs.

@files

A list of files to edit.

spongedir( $name )

Returns the spongedir associated with a particular product. The $name is the spongedir you're interested in. It's case-insensitive. The following spongedirs are known:

ppm

The sponge directory to be used in PPM packages.

thisperl

The original directory in which this copy of Perl was built. This allows relocate() to detect when a replacement path will not fit into the binary.

SEE ALSO

reloc_perl

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2002 ActiveState. All Rights Reserved. ActiveState is a division of Sophos.