IO::InnerFile(3p)

NAME
IO::InnerFile - define a file inside another file

SYNOPSIS
    use strict;
    use warnings;
    use IO::InnerFile;

    # Read a subset of a file:
    my $fh = _some_file_handle;
    my $start = 10;
    my $length = 50;
    my $inner = IO::InnerFile->new($fh, $start, $length);
    while (my $line = <$inner>) {
        # ...
    }

DESCRIPTION
If you have a file handle that can "seek" and "tell", then you can open an IO::InnerFile on a range of the underlying file.

CONSTRUCTORS
IO::InnerFile implements the following constructors.

  new
    my $inner = IO::InnerFile->new($fh);
    $inner = IO::InnerFile->new($fh, 10);
    $inner = IO::InnerFile->new($fh, 10, 50);

Create a new IO::InnerFile opened on the given file handle. The file handle supplied MUST be able to both "seek" and "tell".

The second and third parameters are start and length. Both are defaulted to zero (0). Negative values are silently coerced to zero.

METHODS
IO::InnerFile implements the following methods.

  add_length
    $inner->add_length(30);

Add to the virtual length of the inner file by the number given in bytes.

  add_start
    $inner->add_start(30);

Add to the virtual position of the inner file by the number given in bytes.

  binmode
    $inner->binmode();

This is a NOOP method just to satisfy the normal IO::File interface.

  close

  fileno
    $inner->fileno();

This is a NOOP method just to satisfy the normal IO::File interface.

  flush
    $inner->flush();

This is a NOOP method just to satisfy the normal IO::File interface.

  get_end
    my $num_bytes = $inner->get_end();

Get the virtual end position of the inner file in bytes.

  get_length
    my $num_bytes = $inner->get_length();

Get the virtual length of the inner file in bytes.

  get_start
    my $num_bytes = $inner->get_start();

Get the virtual position of the inner file in bytes.

  getc

  getline

  print LIST

  printf

  read

  readline

  seek

  set_end
    $inner->set_end(30);

Set the virtual end of the inner file in bytes (this basically just alters the length).

  set_length
    $inner->set_length(30);

Set the virtual length of the inner file in bytes.

  set_start
    $inner->set_start(30);

Set the virtual start position of the inner file in bytes.

  tell

  write

AUTHOR
Eryq (eryq@zeegee.com). President, ZeeGee Software Inc (http://www.zeegee.com).

CONTRIBUTORS
Dianne Skoll (dfs@roaringpenguin.com).

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright (c) 1997 Erik (Eryq) Dorfman, ZeeGee Software, Inc. All rights reserved.

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