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META.yml  view on Meta::CPAN

---
abstract: 'open, read and seek into remote files and directories transparently'
author:
  - 'Thomas Drugeon, <tdrugeon@cpan.org>'
build_requires:
  ExtUtils::MakeMaker: 6.36
  Test::More: 0.42
configure_requires:
  ExtUtils::MakeMaker: 6.36
distribution_type: module
dynamic_config: 1
generated_by: 'Module::Install version 1.19'

lib/File/HTTP.pod  view on Meta::CPAN

=head1 NAME

File::HTTP - open, read and seek into remote files and directories transparently

=head1 SYNOPSIS
    
    use File::HTTP qw(:open);
    
    # open and read a remote file (server must allow range queries)
    open(my $fh, '<', 'http://example.com/robots.txt') or die $!;
    
    while (<$fh>) {
        chomp;

lib/File/HTTP.pod  view on Meta::CPAN

        chomp;
	...
    }

    # make your module HTTP compatible when File::HTTP is installed.
    # on top of module:
    eval {use File::HTTP qw(:open)};
    
=head1 DESCRIPTION

C<File::HTTP> open, read and seek into remote files and directories transparently

=over 4

=item open [MODE] FILE

=item stat FH or FILE

Imported with the :open tag.

Act exaclty as CORE::open and CORE::stat, but also work with remote HTTP files.