NAMEIO::InnerFile - define a file inside another file + + + +
SYNOPSIS
+ ### Read a subset of a file:
+ $inner = IO::InnerFile->new($fh, $start, $length);
+ while (<$inner>) {
+ ...
+ }
+
+
+
+ DESCRIPTIONIf you have a filehandle that can seek() and tell(), then you +can open an IO::InnerFile on a range of the underlying file. + + + +
PUBLIC INTERFACE
new FILEHANDLE, [START, [LENGTH]]Note that FILEHANDLE must be able to seek() and tell(), in addition +to whatever other methods you may desire for reading it. + +
set_length LENGTH get_length add_length NBYTES set_start START get_start add_start NBYTES binmode close flush getc getline print LIST printf LIST read BUF, NBYTES readline seek OFFFSET, WHENCE tell write ARGS... VERSION$Id: InnerFile.pm,v 2.102 2001/08/17 02:06:33 eryq Exp $ + + + +
AUTHOROriginal version by Doru Petrescu (pdoru@kappa.ro). + + +
Documentation and current maintenance by Eryq (eryq@zeegee.com). + +