FileCache.pm revision 7c478bd95313f5f23a4c958a745db2134aa03244
package FileCache;
=head1 NAME
FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits
=head1 SYNOPSIS
cacheout $path;
print $path @data;
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The C<cacheout> function will make sure that there's a filehandle open
for writing available as the pathname you give it. It automatically
closes and re-opens files if you exceed your system file descriptor
maximum.
=head1 BUGS
F<sys/param.h> lies with its C<NOFILE> define on some systems,
so you may have to set $FileCache::cacheout_maxopen yourself.
=cut
require 5.000;
use Carp;
use Exporter;
@ISA = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT = qw(
cacheout
);
# Open in their package.
sub cacheout_open {
my $pack = caller(1);
open(*{$pack . '::' . $_[0]}, $_[1]);
}
sub cacheout_close {
my $pack = caller(1);
close(*{$pack . '::' . $_[0]});
}
# But only this sub name is visible to them.
$cacheout_seq = 0;
$cacheout_numopen = 0;
sub cacheout {
($file) = @_;
unless (defined $cacheout_maxopen) {
if (open(PARAM,'/usr/include/sys/param.h')) {
local ($_, $.);
while (<PARAM>) {
$cacheout_maxopen = $1 - 4
if /^\s*#\s*define\s+NOFILE\s+(\d+)/;
}
close PARAM;
}
$cacheout_maxopen = 16 unless $cacheout_maxopen;
}
if (!$isopen{$file}) {
if (++$cacheout_numopen > $cacheout_maxopen) {
my @lru = sort {$isopen{$a} <=> $isopen{$b};} keys(%isopen);
splice(@lru, $cacheout_maxopen / 3);
$cacheout_numopen -= @lru;
for (@lru) { &cacheout_close($_); delete $isopen{$_}; }
}
cacheout_open($file, ($saw{$file}++ ? '>>' : '>') . $file)
or croak("Can't create $file: $!");
}
$isopen{$file} = ++$cacheout_seq;
}
1;