NAME
App::SymlinkUtils - CLI utilities related to symbolic links (symlinks)
VERSION
This document describes version 0.003 of App::SymlinkUtils (from Perl
distribution App-SymlinkUtils), released on 2023-08-25.
DESCRIPTION
This distribution includes several utilities related to symlinks:
* check-symlink
* check-symlinks
FUNCTIONS
check_symlink
Usage:
check_symlink(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]
Perform various checks on a symlink.
This function is not exported.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
* content_matches => *bool*
Whether content should match extension.
If set to true, will guess media type from content and check that
file extension exists nd matches the media type. Requires
File::MimeInfo::Magic, which is only specified as a "Recommends"
dependency by File-Symlink-Util distribution.
* ext_matches => *bool*
Whether extension should match.
If set to true, then if both symlink name and target filename
contain filename extension (e.g. "jpg") then they must match. Case
variation is allowed (e.g. "JPG") but other variation is not (e.g.
"jpeg").
* is_abs => *bool*
Whether we should check that symlink target is an absolute path.
If set to true, then symlink target must be an absolute path. If set
to false, then symlink target must be a relative path.
* symlink* => *filename*
Path to the symlink to be checked.
* target => *filename*
Expected target path.
If specified, then target of symlink (after normalized to absolute
path) will be checked and must point to this target.
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element ($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 ($status_code is not 2xx). Fourth element (%result_meta) is
called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra
information, much like how HTTP response headers provide additional
metadata.
Return value: (any)
check_symlinks
Usage:
check_symlinks(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]
Perform various checks on symlinks.
This function is not exported.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
* content_matches => *bool*
Whether content should match extension.
If set to true, will guess media type from content and check that
file extension exists nd matches the media type. Requires
File::MimeInfo::Magic, which is only specified as a "Recommends"
dependency by File-Symlink-Util distribution.
* ext_matches => *bool*
Whether extension should match.
If set to true, then if both symlink name and target filename
contain filename extension (e.g. "jpg") then they must match. Case
variation is allowed (e.g. "JPG") but other variation is not (e.g.
"jpeg").
* is_abs => *bool*
Whether we should check that symlink target is an absolute path.
If set to true, then symlink target must be an absolute path. If set
to false, then symlink target must be a relative path.
* symlinks* => *array[filename]*
Symlinks to check.
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element ($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)
HOMEPAGE
Please visit the project's homepage at
<https://metacpan.org/release/App-SymlinkUtils>.
SOURCE
Source repository is at
<https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-SymlinkUtils>.
SEE ALSO
File::Symlink::Util
Setup::File::Symlink
App::CpMvUtils has some utilities related to symlink:
cp-and-adjust-symlinks.
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,
Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two
other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps
required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2023 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-SymlinkUtils>
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.