• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
• SYNOPSIS
• METHODS
  • share

NAME

Rex::Shared::Var - Share variables across Rex tasks

DESCRIPTION

Share variables across Rex tasks with the help of Storable, using a vars.db.$PID file in the local directory, where $PID is the PID of the parent process.

SYNOPSIS

 BEGIN {                           # put share in a BEGIN block
   use Rex::Shared::Var;
   share qw($scalar @array %hash); # share the listed variables
 }

METHODS

share

Share the passed list of variables across Rex tasks. Should be used in a BEGIN block.

 BEGIN {
   use Rex::Shared::Var;
   share qw($error_count);
 }

 task 'count', sub {
   $error_count += run 'wc -l /var/log/syslog';
 };

 after_task_finished 'count', sub {
   say "Total number of errors: $error_count";
 };

                    cpanm Rex::Shared::Var

                    perl -MCPAN -e shell
                    install Rex::Shared::Var