Config::Savelogs - Read and write savelogs configuration files
use Config::Savelogs; my $conf = new Config::Savelogs('/etc/savelogs.conf'); $conf->add_group( ApacheHost => [ 'new.domain.name5', 'new.domain.name6' ], Period => 10, Chown => 'phil' ); $conf->remove_group( match => { ApacheHost => 'new.domain.name8' } ); $conf->write;
This module is for reading and writing savelogs configuration files. Their format is described in the savelogs manual that comes with savelogs.
Creates a new config object. If you pass in the name of a file that exists, it will be parsed. This also sets the object's internal filename (used in write).
## empty object $conf = new Savelogs::Config ## read from a file $conf = new Savelogs::Config('/etc/savelogs.conf');
If you didn't pass in a filename to new, you can instantiate an empty object and populate it with the contents of a config file with this method.
$conf->read('/etc/savelogs.conf');
Returns the name of the file we're writing to by default. This is set in the new constructor, the read or write methods. You may pass in a filename to file also to set the filename.
## style 1 print "Writing to " . $conf->file . "\n"; ## style 2 $conf->file('/tmp/newfile.conf');
Sets internal properties of a config object.
$conf->set( ApacheConf => '/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf', PostMoveHook => 'apachectl graceful', groups => [ { ApacheHost => [ 'www.foo.com', 'www.bar.com' ], Period => 5, Touch => 0 }, { ApacheHost => [ 'www.domain.name1' ], Period => 8 } ] );
This creates a config file that looks like this:
ApacheConf /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf PostMoveHook /bin/true <Group> ApacheHost www.foo.com ApacheHost www.bar.com Period 5 Touch 0 </Group> <Group> ApacheHost www.domain.name1 Period 8 </Group>
Adds a new group to the existing object.
$conf->add_group( ApacheHost => 'new.domain.name', Period => 10 );
You may add multiple ApacheHost or Log directives:
$conf->add_group( Log => [ 'domain1.tld', 'domain2.tld' ], Period => 30 );
Removes a group from the config object. Because groups don't have a unique identifier, you have to specify match criteria to determine the group you're referring to. All matching groups are removed.
## remove any group containing an ApacheHost of 'www.somewhere.tld' $conf->remove_group( match => { ApacheHost => 'www.somewhere.tld' } );
Returns a reference to a group as a hashref. This reference may be manipulated. As long as the original reference is intact (you don't make a deep copy of the object), changes you make to this reference will be reflected in the object.
$group = $conf->find_group( match => { Chown => 'fred' } ); $group->{chown} = 'phil'; $conf->write;
Adds an ApacheHost directive to a group. In the future, this will add any multiple directive (Log, etc.) to a group.
$conf->add_to_group( match => { ApacheHost => 'foo.com' }, apachehost => 'foo.net' );
Removes an ApacheHost directive from a group. In the future, this will remove any multiple directive (Log, etc.) from a group.
If at the time when the data method is invoked the group has no ApacheHost or Log directives, that group will be removed completely.
$conf->remove_from_group( match => { Period => 30, Chown => 'mike' }, apachehost => 'foo.net' );
Returns a convenience reference to the configuration file as a hash reference. This works like find_group except you get the whole enchilada. During this method, each group is checked for sanity and any group caught without an ApacheHost or Log directive is removed from the groups list.
my $data = $conf->data; $data = { 'apacheconf' => '/www/conf/httpd.conf', 'postmovehook' => '/bin/true' 'groups' => [ { 'period' => '5', 'touch' => '0', 'apachehost' => [ 'www.foo.com', 'www.bar.com' ] }, { 'period' => '8', 'apachehost' => [ 'www.domain.name1' ] } ], }
The hash keys will be downcased.
It's currently best if you don't manipulate this structure other than to find what you're looking for. Please use the provided methods to alter the data.
Returns whether the current object is changed from its original state.
print "config file changed" if $cs->is_dirty;
Reverts the object back to its state after the last read or write. If called on an object that wasn't initialized from a file, it will reset the object to an empty state.
$cs = new Config::Savelogs('/some/file.conf'); ... make changes ... $cs->revert; ## puts it back how it was when we read from /some/file.conf
Or:
$cs = new Config::Savelogs('/some/file.conf'); ... make changes ... $cs->write; ## remember this! ... make more changes ... $cs->revert; ## goes back to state at 'remember this!'
Writes the config object to file. If a filename was specified in new or read, it will use that file. Otherwise (or additionally), you may specify a file name to write to a new file.
write does pretty-printing, including whitespace and word casing.
## writes to the last file the object ## was read from or initialized with $conf->write; ## writes to a specific location $conf->write('/etc/savelogs.new.conf');
When you call find_group you get a hashref back, which you may manipulate. This hashref looks like this:
{ 'period' => '10', 'apachehost' => [ 'new.domain.name5', 'new.domain.name6', 'new.domain.name7' ], 'chown' => 'phil' }
Group directives which may appear multiple times (ApacheHost, Log, ApacheLogExclude, and NoLog) will have arrayref values, all others will be scalars.
The keys will always be downcased.
savelogs
Scott Wiersdorf, <scott@perlcode.org>
Copyright (C) 2009 by Scott Wiersdorf
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.1 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
To install Config::Savelogs, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Config::Savelogs
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Config::Savelogs
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.