.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 2.25 (Pod::Simple 3.16) .\" .\" Standard preamble: .\" ======================================================================== .de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP) .if t .sp .5v .if n .sp .. .de Vb \" Begin verbatim text .ft CW .nf .ne \\$1 .. .de Ve \" End verbatim text .ft R .fi .. .\" Set up some character translations and predefined strings. \*(-- will .\" give an unbreakable dash, \*(PI will give pi, \*(L" will give a left .\" double quote, and \*(R" will give a right double quote. \*(C+ will .\" give a nicer C++. Capital omega is used to do unbreakable dashes and .\" therefore won't be available. \*(C` and \*(C' expand to `' in nroff, .\" nothing in troff, for use with C<>. .tr \(*W- .ds C+ C\v'-.1v'\h'-1p'\s-2+\h'-1p'+\s0\v'.1v'\h'-1p' .ie n \{\ . ds -- \(*W- . ds PI pi . if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=24u) .ds -- \(*W\h'-12u'\(*W\h'-12u'-\" diablo 10 pitch . if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=20u) .ds -- \(*W\h'-12u'\(*W\h'-8u'-\" diablo 12 pitch . ds L" "" . ds R" "" . ds C` "" . ds C' "" 'br\} .el\{\ . ds -- \|\(em\| . ds PI \(*p . ds L" `` . ds R" '' 'br\} .\" .\" Escape single quotes in literal strings from groff's Unicode transform. .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" .\" If the F register is turned on, we'll generate index entries on stderr for .\" titles (.TH), headers (.SH), subsections (.SS), items (.Ip), and index .\" entries marked with X<> in POD. Of course, you'll have to process the .\" output yourself in some meaningful fashion. .ie \nF \{\ . de IX . tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2" .. . nr % 0 . rr F .\} .el \{\ . de IX .. .\} .\" ======================================================================== .\" .IX Title "Dpkg::Control::Info 3" .TH Dpkg::Control::Info 3 "2016-03-26" "1.16.18" "libdpkg-perl" .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l .nh .SH "NAME" Dpkg::Control::Info \- parse files like debian/control .SH "DESCRIPTION" .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" It provides an object to access data of files that follow the same syntax as debian/control. .SH "FUNCTIONS" .IX Header "FUNCTIONS" .ie n .IP "$c = Dpkg::Control::Info\->new($file)" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$c\fR = Dpkg::Control::Info\->new($file)" 4 .IX Item "$c = Dpkg::Control::Info->new($file)" Create a new Dpkg::Control::Info object for \f(CW$file\fR. If \f(CW$file\fR is omitted, it loads debian/control. If file is \*(L"\-\*(R", it parses the standard input. .ie n .IP "$c\->\fIreset()\fR" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$c\fR\->\fIreset()\fR" 4 .IX Item "$c->reset()" Resets what got read. .ie n .IP "$c\->load($file)" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$c\fR\->load($file)" 4 .IX Item "$c->load($file)" Load the content of \f(CW$file\fR. Exits in case of errors. If file is \*(L"\-\*(R", it loads from the standard input. .ie n .IP "$c\->parse($fh, $description)" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$c\fR\->parse($fh, \f(CW$description\fR)" 4 .IX Item "$c->parse($fh, $description)" Parse a control file from the given filehandle. Exits in case of errors. \&\f(CW$description\fR is used to describe the filehandle, ideally it's a filename or a description of where the data comes from. It's used in error messages. .ie n .IP "$c\->[0]" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$c\fR\->[0]" 4 .IX Item "$c->[0]" .PD 0 .ie n .IP "$c\->\fIget_source()\fR" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$c\fR\->\fIget_source()\fR" 4 .IX Item "$c->get_source()" .PD Returns a Dpkg::Control object containing the fields concerning the source package. .ie n .IP "$c\->get_pkg_by_idx($idx)" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$c\fR\->get_pkg_by_idx($idx)" 4 .IX Item "$c->get_pkg_by_idx($idx)" Returns a Dpkg::Control object containing the fields concerning the binary package numbered \f(CW$idx\fR (starting at 1). .ie n .IP "$c\->get_pkg_by_name($name)" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$c\fR\->get_pkg_by_name($name)" 4 .IX Item "$c->get_pkg_by_name($name)" Returns a Dpkg::Control object containing the fields concerning the binary package named \f(CW$name\fR. .ie n .IP "$c\->\fIget_packages()\fR" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$c\fR\->\fIget_packages()\fR" 4 .IX Item "$c->get_packages()" Returns a list containing the Dpkg::Control objects for all binary packages. .ie n .IP "$c\->output($filehandle)" 4 .el .IP "\f(CW$c\fR\->output($filehandle)" 4 .IX Item "$c->output($filehandle)" Dump the content into a filehandle. .ie n .IP """$c""" 4 .el .IP "``$c''" 4 .IX Item "$c" Return a string representation of the content. .IP "@{$c}" 4 .IX Item "@{$c}" Return a list of Dpkg::Control objects, the first one is corresponding to source information and the following ones are the binary packages information. .SH "AUTHOR" .IX Header "AUTHOR" Raphaël Hertzog .