README
1Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 DeWitt Clinton <dewitt@unto.net>, eZiba.com, Inc.
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3 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
4 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
5 the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
6 any later version.
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8 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
9 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
10 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
11 GNU General Public License for more details.
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15 Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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18NAME
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20 File::Cache
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22DESCRIPTION
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24 File::Cache implements an object store where data is persisted
25 across processes in the filesystem. It was written to compliment
26 IPC::Cache.
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28 Where IPC::Cache is faster for small numbers of simple objects,
29 File::Cache tends toward being more performant when caching large
30 numbers of complex objects.
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32REQUIREMENTS
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34 Storable (optional, if you have Data::Dumper)
35 Digest::MD5.
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37INSTALLATION
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39 perl Makefile.PL
40 make
41 make test
42 make install
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44USAGE
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46 see perldoc File::Cache
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48SEE ALSO
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50 IPC::Cache
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52NOTES AND CAVEATS
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54 Use of File::Cache is now discouraged in favor of the new
55 Cache::Cache project, also available on CPAN. Cache::Cache offers
56 all of the functionality of File::Cache, as well as integrating
57 the functionality of IPC::Cache and a number of new features. You
58 can view the Cache::Cache project page at:
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60 http://sourceforge.net/projects/perl-cache/
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64 Version 0.13 breaks old caches. You will want to remove them when
65 upgrading.
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