Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::File - Plugin providing file handling methods

  my $obj = $c->plugin('File')->method( ... );     # Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::File->method()

    or

  $c->plugin('File')->method( ... );

Common methods for processing and outputting files.

This package is part of a larger distribution and was NOT intended to be used directly. In order for this plugin to work properly, the following packages must be installed:

  Apache2::WebApp
  MIME::Types
  Params::Validate

From source:

  $ tar xfz Apache2-WebApp-Plugin-File-0.X.X.tar.gz
  $ perl MakeFile.PL PREFIX=~/path/to/custom/dir LIB=~/path/to/custom/lib
  $ make
  $ make test
  $ make install

Perl one liner using CPAN.pm:

  $ perl -MCPAN -e 'install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::File'

Use of CPAN.pm in interactive mode:

  $ perl -MCPAN -e shell
  cpan> install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::File
  cpan> quit

Just like the manual installation of Perl modules, the user may need root access during this process to insure write permission is allowed within the installation directory.

Open the file in a web browser window.

  $c->plugin('File')->open( \%controller, '/path/to/file' );

Force the file as a web browser download.

  $c->plugin('File')->download( \%controller, '/path/to/file' );

Apache2::WebApp, Apache2::WebApp::Plugin, Apache2::Request, MIME::Types

Marc S. Brooks, <mbrooks@cpan.org> - http://mbrooks.info

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html