NAME¶

Config::Find::Where - Find locations in the native OS fashion

SYNOPSIS¶

  use Config::Find::Where;
  my $temp_dir=Config::Find::Where->temp_dir( name => 'my_app',
                                              scope => 'process',
                                              create => 1 );
  my $path=Config::Find::Where->bin_dir( scope => 'app' );
  system $path."/app_helper.exe";

ABSTRACT¶

Config::Find searches for locations using OS dependent heuristics.

DESCRIPTION¶

After releasing Config::Find I found much of its code could be reused to also find other interesting things like temporary directories, the script location, etc. This module adds a public API to all the hiden functionality.

OPTIONS¶

As in Config::Find, all the methods in this package accept a common set of options:

name => "name" or "name/more/names"

specifies the primary application name used to generate the location paths or to search for them.

scope => "user", "global", "app" or "process"

-

create => 1

creates any unexistant directory in the path returned

METHODS¶

All the methods in this package are class methods (you don't need an object to call them).

$path=Config::Find::Where->temp_dir(%opts)

returns a directory path inside a system temporary location. i.e.:

  Config::Find::Where->temp_dir( name =>'hello/world',
                                 scope => 'process',
                                 create => 1 )
    

returns something similar to

  '/tmp/jacks/hello/974/world/'
    

on unix like systems and

  'C:\Windows\Temp\jacks\hello\974\world'
    

on some Windows ones ('jacks' is supposed to be the current user name and '974' the process number).

The default scope for this method is "user".

$path=Config::Find::Where->bin_dir(%opts)

returns a place to find/place binary files. The default scope for this method is "app".

i.e.

 Config::Find::Where->bin_dir()
    

returns the path to the directory where binaries are located.

Note that this directory is not necessarily the same as the one containing the running script. See documentation for "script_dir" below.

$path=Config::Find::Where->var_dir(%opts)

returns a place to find/place working files.

The default scope for this method is "app".

$path = Config::Find::Where->lib_dir(%opts)

returns a place to find/place library files.

The default scope for this method is "app".

For instance:

  use lib => Config::Find::Where->lib_dir;
    

$path = Config::Find::Where->application_dir(%opts)

returns the application root directory.

$name=Config::Find::Where->script_name()

returns the name of the running script without any path information

$path=Config::Find::Where->script_full_path()

returns the name of the script as the absolute full path to it.

$path=Config::Find::Where->script_dir()

returns the name of the directory containing the current script

Config::Find::Where->create_dir($dir)

creates directory $dir and any needed parents

Config::Find::Where->create_parent_dir($file)

recursively creates all the non existant parent dirs for $file.

EXPORT¶

None, this module has an OO interface.

BUGS¶

Some Win32 OSs are not completely implemented and default to inferior modes, but hey, this is a work in progress!!! Contributions, bug reports, feedback and any kind of comments are welcome.

SEE ALSO¶

Config::Find

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶

Copyright 2003-2008 by Salvador Fandin~o Garcia (sfandino@yahoo.com) This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.