NAME System::Wrapper - Class-wrapped system calls and qx operator VERSION This document describes System::Wrapper version 0.0.2 SYNOPSIS use System::Wrapper; my $command = System::Wrapper->new(); $command->interpreter( 'perl'); $command->executable( 'program.pl'); $command->arguments( [ 'first', {second_a => 2, second_b => 2}, {third => [1,2,3]} ] ); $command->input( \@ARGV ); $command->output( { '--output' => 'file'}, q{>} => 'file2' ); $command->path( [$command->path, q{.}] ); $command->capture = 1; $command->verbose = 1; print $command->command; $command->run; DESCRIPTION This module wraps perl's C call and c operator in an object-oriented interface. It provides utility methods for accomplishing things that are not very simple in C and C. This includes in-situ I/O and call success via temporary filenames, C call progress estimation, finding whether the executable and-or interpreter are on the path, validating filenames, cross-platform output operators and argument type specification. This module can be used as a generic wrapper around C and C, or as a base class for building interfaces to utilities not available to C itself. INTERFACE CLASS METHODS new(%args) my %args = ( interpreter => undef, # optional: string executable => undef, # required: string arguments => undef, # optional: any nested structure of hashes, # arrays or scalar references input => undef, # optional: scalar or array reference output => undef, # optional: hash reference of form { spec => file } # eg: { '>' => 'out' } or { '--output' => 'out' } capture => undef, # optional: return stdout, instead of exit code, # via $self->run path => [ grep $_, File::Spec->path, q{.} ] # required: path of directories on which to look for # interpreter and executable programs ); my $command = System::Wrapper->new(%args); SELECTOR METHODS new interpreter executable arguments input output path capture command run INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Build.PL Build Build test Build install or perl Makefile.PL make make test make install CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT System::Wrapper requires no configuration files or environment variables. INCOMPATIBILITIES None reported. BUGS AND LIMITATIONS No bugs have been reported. Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-system-wrapper@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . AUTHOR Pedro Silva "" LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2010, Pedro Silva "". All rights reserved. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see .