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default: '%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S'

=back

=cut

sub timestamp {
    warn 'too many arguments' if @_ > 1;
    my ($format) = @_;
    $format //= '%Y:%m:%d:%H:%M:%S';

    my $timestamp = POSIX::strftime($format,localtime);
    return $timestamp;
}


=head2 note

writes to a specified file and optionally including a timestamp

B<Arguments>

I<( $file , $note [, $stamp [, $mode ] ] )>

=over 3

=item file

the file to write to

=item note

the string to write

=item stamp

whether to timestamp the note

default: 1

=item mode

the method to use when opening the file (if it hasn't been opened already)

default: '>>'

=back

=cut

sub note {
    warn 'too few arguments'  if @_ < 2;
    warn 'too many arguments' if @_ > 4;
    my ($file,$note,$stamp,$mode) = @_;
    $stamp //= 1;
    $mode  //= '>>';

    open  ($files{$file},$mode,$file) unless defined $files{$file};
    print {$files{$file}} timestamp.' ' if $stamp;
    say   {$files{$file}} $note;
    return 1;
}


END {
    foreach my $file (keys %files) {
        close $files{$file} if defined $files{$file};
    }
}


=head1 AUTHOR

David Tucker, C<< <dmtucker at ucsc.edu> >>

=head1 BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to C<bug-netsync at rt.cpan.org>, or through
the web interface at L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=App-Netsync>.  I will be notified, and then you'll
automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

=head1 SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

 perldoc App::Netsync

You can also look for information at:

=over 4

=item * RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)

L<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=App-Netsync>

=item * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

L<http://annocpan.org/dist/App-Netsync>

=item * CPAN Ratings

L<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/App-Netsync>

=item * Search CPAN

L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/App-Netsync/>

=back

=head1 LICENSE

Copyright 2013 David Tucker.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See L<http://dev.perl.org/licenses/> for more information.

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