NAME

ExtLib - common functions for use by Extensions.

DESCRIPTION

Functions

add_line_to_file ($file, $line)

Append a line to a text file.

check_bool ($bool)

Check if a string is a true value such as 1, true or yes. The match is not case sensitive. check_bool() is useful for checking true values from the configuration file.

chown_ug ($user, $group, @files)

Change ownership of a list of files using symbolic user and group names.

del_line_from_file ($file, $line)

Delete a given line from a text file.

edit_warning ($comment_char)

Returns a warning message that can be put in generated config file. It takes an optional string so that you can change the comment string. If not defined, it will use '#' by default.

generate_password ([$length [, @valid]])

Generate a random password of given length (or 10 if not supplied). The password will use the characters from @valid or, if not supplied, the characters from the following list:

 (0..9, 'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z', '@', '#', '%', '^', '*')

mkdir_p ($dir, $mode, $uid, $gid)

Make a directory and any missing parents. Similar to 'mkdir -p'.

repl_line_in_file ($file, $old_line, $new_line)

Replace a given line in a text file with another line.

rm_r ($dir)

Recursively delete all files in a given directory, including the directory.

run_scripts_in_dir ($dir[, @args])

Run all executable files in a given dir with the given command line arguments. Does not recurse into sub directories.

strip_ws ($string)

Remove leading and trailing white space.

touch ($file, $time)

Change the atime and mtime of file to $time or the current time if $time is not defined.

AUTHOR

Randy Smith <perlstalker@gmail.com>

LICENSE

 This file is part of vuser.
 
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cpanm VUser::ACL

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install VUser::ACL