NAME

File::SafeDO -- safer do file for perl

SYNOPSIS

  use File::SafeDO qw(
        DO
        doINCLUDE
  );
  $rv = DO($file,[optional no warnings string])

DESCRIPTION

• $rv = DO($file,[optional] "no warnings string");

  This is a fancy 'do file'. It first checks that the file exists and is readable, then does a 'do file' to pull the variables and subroutines into the current name space. The 'do' is executed with full perl warnings so that syntax and construct errors are reported to STDERR. A string of no warnings may optionally be specified as a second argument. This is equivalent to saying:

    no warnings qw(string of no values);
      

  See: man perllexwarnings for a full listing of warning names.

    input:        file/path/name,
              [optional] string of "no" warnings
    returns:      last value in file
              or  undef on error
              prints warning
    i.e. DO('myfile','once redefine');
      

  This will execute 'myfile' safely and suppress 'once' and 'redefine' warnings to STDERR.

• $rv = doINCLUDE($file,[optional] "no warnings string");

  The function is similar to DO above with the addition of recursive loads.

  Function will recursively load a file which returns a hash pointer with the a key of the form:

          'INCLUDE' => somefile.
      

  The file which it loads may contain only HASHs or SUBs. The HASH KEYS will be promoted into the parent hash, augmenting and replacing existing keys already present. Subroutines are simply imported into the name space as is the case with a 'do' or 'require'.

DEPENDENCIES

        none

EXPORT_OK

        DO
        doINCLUDE

AUTHOR

Michael Robinton, michael@bizsystems.com

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2003 - 2014, Michael Robinton & BizSystems This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.