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IO::InnerFile 2.102
NAME
IO::InnerFile - define a file inside another file
SYNOPSIS
### Read a subset of a file:
$inner = IO::InnerFile->new($fh, $start, $length);
while (<$inner>) {
...
}
DESCRIPTION
If you have a filehandle that can seek() and tell(), then you
can open an IO::InnerFile on a range of the underlying file.
PUBLIC INTERFACE
new FILEHANDLE, [START, [LENGTH]]
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Class method, constructor.
Create a new inner-file opened on the given FILEHANDLE,
from bytes START to START+LENGTH. Both START and LENGTH
default to 0; negative values are silently coerced to zero.
Note that FILEHANDLE must be able to seek() and tell(), in addition
to whatever other methods you may desire for reading it.
set_length LENGTH
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get_length
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add_length NBYTES
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Instance methods.
Get/set the virtual length of the inner file.
set_start START
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get_start
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add_start NBYTES
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Instance methods.
Get/set the virtual start position of the inner file.
binmode
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close
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flush
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getc
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getline
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print LIST
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printf LIST
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read BUF, NBYTES
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readline
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seek OFFFSET, WHENCE
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tell
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write ARGS...
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Instance methods.
Standard filehandle methods.
VERSION
$Id: InnerFile.pm.html,v 1.1 2004/04/09 17:04:45 dasenbro Exp $
AUTHOR
Original version by Doru Petrescu (pdoru@kappa.ro).
Documentation and current maintenance by Eryq (eryq@zeegee.com).
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