NAME

Tie::Cfg - Ties simple configuration files to hashes.

SYNOPSIS

use Tie::Cfg;

tie my %conf, 'Tie::Cfg',
  READ   => "/etc/connect.cfg",
  WRITE  => "/etc/connect.cfg",
  MODE   => 0600,
  LOCK   => 1;

$conf{test}="this is a test";

untie %conf;

my $limit="10000k";

tie my %files, 'Tie::Cfg',
  READ  => "find $dirs -xdev -type f -size +$limit -printf \"%h/%f:%k\\n\" |";

$conf{test}="this is a test";

if (exists $files{"/etc/passwd"}) {
  print "You've got a /etc/passwd file!\n";
}

while (($file,$size) = each %newdb) {
  print "Wow! Another file bigger than $limit ($size)\n";
}


untie %files;

DESCRIPTION

This module reads in a configuration file at 'tie' and writes it at 'untie'. You can use file locking to prevent others from accessing the configuration file, but this should only be used if the configuration file is used as a kind of a database to hold a few entries that can be concurrently accessed.

Mode is used to set access permissions; defaults to 0640. It's only set if a file can be written (i.e. using the WRITE keyword).

AUTHOR

Hans Oesterholt-Dijkema <hans@oesterholt-dijkema.emailt.nl>

BUGS

Possibly.

LICENCE

Perl.