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1 root 1.1 =head1 NAME
2    
3     File::Rdiff
4    
5     =head1 SYNOPSIS
6    
7     use File::Rdiff
8    
9     =head1 DESCRIPTION
10    
11     A more-or-less direct interface to librsync (L<http://rproxy.samba.org>).
12    
13     For usage examples (better than this very sparse documentation), see the
14     two example scripts rdiff1 and rdiff2 that came with the distribution.
15    
16     =over 4
17    
18     =cut
19    
20     package File::Rdiff;
21    
22     require DynaLoader;
23     require Exporter;
24    
25     $VERSION = 0.01;
26     @ISA = qw/DynaLoader Exporter/;
27    
28     bootstrap File::Rdiff $VERSION;
29    
30     {
31     my @loglevels = qw(LOG_EMERG LOG_ALERT LOG_CRIT LOG_ERR LOG_WARNING LOG_NOTICE LOG_INFO LOG_DEBUG);
32     my @result = qw(DONE BLOCKED RUNNING TEST_SKIPPED IO_ERROR SYNTAX_ERROR MEM_ERROR INPUT_ENDED BAD_MAGIC UNIMPLEMENTED CORRUPT INTERNAL_ERROR PARAM_ERROR);
33    
34     %EXPORT_TAGS = (
35     loglevels => [@loglevels],
36     trace => [@loglevels, qw(trace_level trace_to)],
37     result => [@result],
38     error => [@result, qw(strerror)],
39     file => [@result, qw(md4_file sig_file loadsig_file delta_file patch_file)],
40     nonblocking => [@result],
41     );
42    
43     my %export_ok;
44     @export_ok{map @$_, values %EXPORT_TAGS} = ();
45     @EXPORT_OK = keys %export_ok;
46     }
47    
48     =item LIBRSYNC_VERSION
49    
50     A constant describing the version of the rsync library used in this
51     module. My version claimed to be "0.9.5 librsync" when I wrote this
52     document ;)
53    
54     =item $oldlevel = trace_level [$newlevel]
55    
56     Return the current tracelevel and optionally set a new one.
57    
58     =item $oldcb = trace_to [$newcb]
59    
60     Return the current trace callback and optionally set a new one. The callback will be
61     called with the log level as the first argument and the log message as the second one.
62    
63     Calling C<trace_to> with C<undef> will restore the default handler (which
64     currently prints the message to standard error).
65    
66     =item supports_trace
67    
68     Returns wether debugging traces are supported in this version of the library.
69    
70     =item $msg = strerror $rcode
71    
72     Returns a string representation of the given error code. You usually
73     just "exit(1)" or something when a function/method fails, as all (most?)
74     librsync functions log the error properly, so there is rarely a need to
75     call this function.
76    
77     =item $md4 = md4_file $fh
78    
79     =item sig_file $old_fh, $sig_fh[, $block_len[, $strong_len]]
80    
81     =item $sig = loadsig_file $fh
82    
83     =item delta_file $signature, $new_fh, $delta_fh
84    
85     =item patch_file $base_fh, $delta_fh, $new_fh
86    
87     =back
88    
89     =head2 The File::Rdiff::Job class
90    
91     =head2 The File::Rdiff::Buffers class
92    
93     This class contains the input and output buffers for the non-blocking interface. It is slightly unusual
94     in that it allows direct manipulation of (some) of it's internal variables.
95    
96     =over 4
97    
98     =item new File::Rdiff::Buffers [$outsize]
99    
100     Creates and initializes a new buffers structure. C<$outsize> specifies
101     the maximum number of bytes to be read into the output scalar until it is
102     considered full. The default is 64k.
103    
104     =item $buffers->in($in)
105    
106     Set the next block of input to consume. Data will be read from this scalar
107     (no copy will be made!) until all bytes have been consumed or a new input
108     scalar is set.
109    
110     =item $out = $buffers->out
111    
112     Return the current output data and create a new buffer. Returns C<undef> if no data has been accumulated.
113    
114     =item $buffers->eof
115    
116     Set the eof flag to true. This indicates that no data is following the current input scalar.
117    
118     =item $buffers->avail_in
119    
120     Returns the numer of bytes still available for input.
121    
122     =item $buffers->avail_out
123    
124     Returns the number of bytes still available in the output buffer.
125    
126     =item $buffers->size
127    
128     The number of bytes that have been accumulated in the current buffer so far.
129    
130     =back
131    
132     =head2 The File::Rdiff::Job class
133    
134     =over 4
135    
136     =back
137    
138     =head1 SEE ALSO
139    
140     L<File::Rsync>, L<rdiff1> (usage example using simple file API), L<rdiff2> (example using nonblocking API).
141    
142     =head1 BUGS
143    
144     - not well-tested so far.
145    
146     - low memory will result in segfaults rather than croaks.
147    
148     - no access to statistics yet
149    
150     - documentation leaves much to be deserved.
151    
152     =head1 AUTHOR
153    
154     Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
155     http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/
156    
157     =cut
158    
159     1;
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