NAME
App::DataDirUtils - (DEPRECATED) CLI utilities related to datadirs
VERSION
This document describes version 0.003 of App::DataDirUtils (from Perl
distribution App-DataDirUtils), released on 2021-08-23.
DEPRECATION NOTICE
This distribution is deprecated in favor of the more general
App::TaggedDirUtils.
SYNOPSIS
See CLIs included in this distribution.
DESCRIPTION
This distribution includes several utilities related to datadirs:
* list-datadirs
A "datadir" is a directory which has a (usually empty) file called
.tag-datadir. A datadir usually does not contain other datadirs.
You can backup, rsync, or do whatever you like with a datadir, just like
a normal filesystem directory. The utilities provided in this
distribution help you handle datadirs.
FUNCTIONS
list_datadirs
Usage:
list_datadirs(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]
Search datadirs recursively in a list of directory names.
Note: when a datadir is found, its contents are no longer recursed to
search for other datadirs.
This function is not exported.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
* detail => *bool*
* prefixes* => *array[dirname]*
Locations to find datadirs.
Directory name(s) to search for "datadirs", i.e. directories which
have ".tag-datadir" file in its root.
* skip_git => *bool* (default: 1)
Do not recurse into .git directory.
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element ($status_code) is an integer containing HTTP-like status
code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second
element ($reason) is a string containing error message, or something
like "OK" if status is 200. Third element ($payload) is the actual
result, but usually not present when enveloped result is an error
response ($status_code is not 2xx). Fourth element (%result_meta) is
called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra
information, much like how HTTP response headers provide additional
metadata.
Return value: (any)
FAQ
Why datadir?
With tagged directories, you can put them in various places and not just
on a single parent directory. For example:
media/
2020/
media-2020a/ -> a datadir
media-2020b/ -> a datadir
2021/
media-2021a/ -> a datadir
etc/
foo -> a datadir
others/
bar/ -> a datadir
As an alternative, you can also create symlinks:
all-media/
media-2020a -> symlink to ../media/2020/media-2020a
media-2020b -> symlink to ../media/2020/media-2020b
media-2021a -> symlink to ../media/2021/media-2021a
media-2021b -> symlink to ../media/2021/media-2021b
foo -> symlink to ../media/etc/foo
bar -> symlink to ../media/etc/others/bar
HOMEPAGE
Please visit the project's homepage at
<https://metacpan.org/release/App-DataDirUtils>.
SOURCE
Source repository is at
<https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-DataDirUtils>.
SEE ALSO
App::TaggedDirUtils is the more general utility.
AUTHOR
perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>
CONTRIBUTING
To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull
requests on GitHub.
Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You
can simply modify the code, then test via:
% prove -l
If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally
on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla,
Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two
other Dist::Zilla plugin and/or Pod::Weaver::Plugin. Any additional
steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to
me.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2021 by perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website
<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-DataDirUtils>
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch
to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.