NAME

Net::FTP::Find - Traverse a directory tree through Net::FTP (or Net::FTPSSL)

SYNOPSIS

  use Net::FTP::Find;

  my $ftp = Net::FTP::Find->new('localhost');
  $ftp->login('user', 'pass');

  $ftp->find(sub { ... }, '/');

  $ftp->finddepth(sub { ... }, '/');

or

  use Net::FTP;
  use Net::FTP::Find::Mixin;

  my $ftp = Net::FTP->new('localhost');
  $ftp->login('user', 'pass');

  $ftp->find(sub { ... }, '/');

  $ftp->finddepth(sub { ... }, '/');

or

  use Net::FTPSSL;
  use Net::FTP::Find::Mixin qw(Net::FTPSSL);

  my $ftp = Net::FTPSSL->new('localhost');
  $ftp->login('user', 'pass');

  $ftp->find(sub { ... }, '/');

  $ftp->finddepth(sub { ... }, '/');

DESCRIPTION

These are functions for searching through directory trees doing work on each file found similar to the File::Find. Net::FTP::Find provides two functions, "find" and "finddepth". They work similarly but have subtle differences.

FUNCTIONS

find

  $ftp->find(\&wanted,  @directories);
  $ftp->find(\%options, @directories);

finddepth

  $ftp->finddepth(\&wanted,  @directories);
  $ftp->finddepth(\%options, @directories);

Return value

find and finddepth will return "1" if getting no error, and return empty list if getting error.

%options

The first argument to find() is either a code reference to your &wanted function, or a hash reference describing the operations to be performed for each file. The code reference is described in "The wanted function" below.

Here are the possible keys for the hash:

wanted

The value should be a code reference. This code reference is described in "The wanted function" below. The &wanted subroutine is mandatory.

bydepth

Reports the name of a directory only AFTER all its entries have been reported. Entry point finddepth() is a shortcut for specifying { bydepth => 1 } in the first argument of find().

no_chdir

Does not cwd() to each directory as it recurses. The wanted() function will need to be aware of this, of course. In this case, $_ will be the same as $Net::FTP::Find::name.

max_depth

The directories that are deeper than this value is traversed.

min_depth

The directories that are shallower than this value is traversed.

use_mlsd

If true, Net::FTP::Find tries to use the "MLSD" to retrieve entries. By using the "MLSD", we can fetch "mtime" of each file effectivly. Net::FTP::Find use the "LIST" instead automatically if the "MLSD" cannot be used. Default value is "1".

fetch_mtime

If true, Net::FTP::Find tries to fetch "mtime" of each file. When "MLSD" can be used, "mtime" is fetched with file list. When "MLSD" cannot be used, "mtime" is fetched by using "MDTM" internally. Default value is "0".

The wanted function

The wanted() function does whatever verifications you want on each file and directory. Note that despite its name, the wanted() function is a generic callback function, and does not tell Net::FTP::Find if a file is "wanted" or not. In fact, its return value is ignored.

The wanted function takes no arguments but rather does its work through a collection of variables.

$Net::FTP::Find::dir is the current directory name,

$_ is the current filename within that directory

$Net::FTP::Find::name is the complete pathname to the file.

$Net::FTP::Find::is_directory is 1 if $_ is directory.

These variables may be able to use if server is supporting.

$Net::FTP::Find::mtime is modification time (Unix epoch). this value is generated by parsing "YYYYMMDDHHMMSS" as GMT. If a server returns mtime as JST, this value may not be correct.

$Net::FTP::Find::is_symlink is 1 if $_ is symlink.

$Net::FTP::Find::mode is mode.

$Net::FTP::Find::user is owner name.

$Net::FTP::Find::group is group name.

$Net::FTP::Find::size is file size in bytes.

The above variables have all been localized and may be changed without effecting data outside of the wanted function.

For example, when examining the file /some/path/foo.ext you will have:

    $Net::FTP::Find::dir  = /some/path/
    $_                    = foo.ext
    $Net::FTP::Find::name = /some/path/foo.ext

You are cwd()'d to $Net::FTP::Find::dir when the function is called, unless no_chdir was specified. Note that when changing to directories is in effect the root directory (/) is a somewhat special case inasmuch as the concatenation of $Net::FTP::Find::dir, '/' and $_ is not literally equal to $Net::FTP::Find::name. The table below summarizes all variants:

              $Net::FTP::Find::name  $Net::FTP::Find::dir  $_
 default      /                      /                     .
 no_chdir=>0  /etc                   /                     etc
              /etc/x                 /etc                  x

 no_chdir=>1  /                      /                     /
              /etc                   /                     /etc
              /etc/x                 /etc                  /etc/x

AUTHOR

Taku Amano <taku@toi-planning.net>

Some part of code about Net::FTPSSL is referred to Net::FTPSSL.

A mostly parts of the document are from File::Find.

SEE ALSO

File::Find Net::FTP Net::FTPSSL Net::FTP::Find::Mixin

LICENSE

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

cpanm Net::FTP::Find

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Net::FTP::Find