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1 package User::grent;
2 use strict;
4 use 5.005_64;
5 our(@EXPORT, @EXPORT_OK, %EXPORT_TAGS);
6 BEGIN {
7 use Exporter ();
8 @EXPORT = qw(getgrent getgrgid getgrnam getgr);
9 @EXPORT_OK = qw($gr_name $gr_gid $gr_passwd $gr_mem @gr_members);
10 %EXPORT_TAGS = ( FIELDS => [ @EXPORT_OK, @EXPORT ] );
12 use vars @EXPORT_OK;
14 # Class::Struct forbids use of @ISA
15 sub import { goto &Exporter::import }
17 use Class::Struct qw(struct);
18 struct 'User::grent' => [
19 name => '$',
20 passwd => '$',
21 gid => '$',
22 members => '@',
25 sub populate (@) {
26 return unless @_;
27 my $gob = new();
28 ($gr_name, $gr_passwd, $gr_gid) = @$gob[0,1,2] = @_[0,1,2];
29 @gr_members = @{$gob->[3]} = split ' ', $_[3];
30 return $gob;
33 sub getgrent ( ) { populate(CORE::getgrent()) }
34 sub getgrnam ($) { populate(CORE::getgrnam(shift)) }
35 sub getgrgid ($) { populate(CORE::getgrgid(shift)) }
36 sub getgr ($) { ($_[0] =~ /^\d+/) ? &getgrgid : &getgrnam }
39 __END__
41 =head1 NAME
43 User::grent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*() functions
45 =head1 SYNOPSIS
47 use User::grent;
48 $gr = getgrgid(0) or die "No group zero";
49 if ( $gr->name eq 'wheel' && @{$gr->members} > 1 ) {
50 print "gid zero name wheel, with other members";
53 use User::grent qw(:FIELDS;
54 getgrgid(0) or die "No group zero";
55 if ( $gr_name eq 'wheel' && @gr_members > 1 ) {
56 print "gid zero name wheel, with other members";
59 $gr = getgr($whoever);
61 =head1 DESCRIPTION
63 This module's default exports override the core getgrent(), getgruid(),
64 and getgrnam() functions, replacing them with versions that return
65 "User::grent" objects. This object has methods that return the similarly
66 named structure field name from the C's passwd structure from F<grp.h>;
67 namely name, passwd, gid, and members (not mem). The first three
68 return scalars, the last an array reference.
70 You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespace
71 as regular variables using the :FIELDS import tag. (Note that this still
72 overrides your core functions.) Access these fields as variables named
73 with a preceding C<gr_>. Thus, C<$group_obj-E<gt>gid()> corresponds
74 to $gr_gid if you import the fields. Array references are available as
75 regular array variables, so C<@{ $group_obj-E<gt>members() }> would be
76 simply @gr_members.
78 The getpw() function is a simple front-end that forwards
79 a numeric argument to getpwuid() and the rest to getpwnam().
81 To access this functionality without the core overrides,
82 pass the C<use> an empty import list, and then access
83 function functions with their full qualified names.
84 On the other hand, the built-ins are still available
85 via the C<CORE::> pseudo-package.
87 =head1 NOTE
89 While this class is currently implemented using the Class::Struct
90 module to build a struct-like class, you shouldn't rely upon this.
92 =head1 AUTHOR
94 Tom Christiansen