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File::CheckTree

Section: Perl Programmers Reference Guide (3)
Updated: perl 5.004, patch 04
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NAME

validate - run many filetest checks on a tree

SYNOPSIS

    use File::CheckTree;

    $warnings += validate( q{        /vmunix                 -e || die        /boot                   -e || die        /bin                    cd            csh                 -ex            csh                 !-ug            sh                  -ex            sh                  !-ug        /usr                    -d || warn "What happened to $file?\n"    });

DESCRIPTION

The validate() routine takes a single multiline string consisting oflines containing a filename plus a file test to try on it. (Thefile test may also be a ``cd'', causing subsequent relative filenamesto be interpreted relative to that directory.) After the file testyou may put || die to make it a fatal error if the file test fails.The default is || warn. The file test may optionally have a ``!' prependedto test for the opposite condition. If you do a cd and then list somerelative filenames, you may want to indent them slightly for readability.If you supply your own die() or warn() message, you can use $file tointerpolate the filename.

Filetests may be bunched: ``-rwx'' tests for all of -r, -w, and -x.Only the first failed test of the bunch will produce a warning.

The routine returns the number of warnings issued.

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