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NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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

  or

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

DESCRIPTION

Common methods for processing and outputting files.

PREREQUISITES

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

INSTALLATION

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 sure you do this before contacting me
$ 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.

OBJECT METHODS

open

Open the file in a web browser window.

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

download

Force the file as a web browser download.

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

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHOR

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

COPYRIGHT

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

See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html