Slackware::Slackget::Network::Connection::FILE - This class is the file:// protocol driver for Slackware::Slackget::Network::Connection

Version 1.0.0

This class is the file:// protocol driver for Slackware::Slackget::Network::Connection.

You can't use this class without the Slackware::Slackget::Network::Connection one.

This class need the following extra CPAN modules :

	- File::Copy
	- Time::HiRes

This class is not designed to be instanciate alone or used alone. You have to use the Slackware::Slackget::Network::Connection.

This method test the rapidity of the repository, by timing a copy of the FILELIST.TXT file.

	my $time = $self->test_server() ;

Return the given file.

	my $file = $connection->get_file('PACKAGES.TXT') ;

You can pass an extra argument (boolean) to mark the file as a binary one.

Copy a given file to a given location.

	$connection->fetch_file() ; # download the file $connection->file and store it at $config->{common}->{'update-directory'}/$connection->file, this way is not recommended
	or
	$connection->fetch_file($remote_file) ; # download the file $remote_file and store it at $config->{common}->{'update-directory'}/$connection->file, this way is not recommended
	or
	$connection->fetch_file('PACKAGES.TXT',"$config->{common}->{'update-directory'}/".$current_specialfilecontainer_object->id."/PACKAGES.TXT") ; # This is the recommended way.
	# This is equivalent to : $connection->fetch_file($remote_file,$local_file) ;

This method return a Slackware::Slackget::Status object with the following object declaration :

	my $state =  Slackware::Slackget::Status->new(codes => {
		0 => "All goes well. Server said: $ret_code - ".status_message( $ret_code ),
		1 => "Destination directory does not exist.\n",
		2 => "Destination directory is not writable.\n",
	});

This is the direct code of this method :)

This method fetch all files declare in the "files" parameter of the constructor.

	$connection->fetch_all or die "Unable to fetch all files\n";

This method save all files in the $config->{common}->{'update-directory'} directory (so you have to manage yourself the files deletion/replacement problems)

DUPUIS Arnaud, <a.dupuis@infinityperl.org>

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-Slackware-Slackget@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Slackware-Slackget. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Slackware::Slackget

You can also look for information at:

* Infinity Perl website

http://www.infinityperl.org/category/slack-get

* slack-get specific website

http://slackget.infinityperl.org

* RT: CPAN's request tracker

http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Slackware-Slackget

* AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

http://annocpan.org/dist/Slackware-Slackget

* CPAN Ratings

http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Slackware-Slackget

* Search CPAN

http://search.cpan.org/dist/Slackware-Slackget

Thanks to Bertrand Dupuis (yes my brother) for his contribution to the documentation.

Copyright 2005 DUPUIS Arnaud, All Rights Reserved.

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