NAME

Rex::Hook::File::Impostor - execute Rex file management commands on a copy of the managed path

VERSION

version v0.2.0

SYNOPSIS

use Rex::Hook::File::Impostor;

DESCRIPTION

This module makes Rex execute file management commands on a copy of the managed path instead of the original one.

This could be particularly useful when it is loaded conditionally to be combined with other modules. For example together with Rex::Hook::File::Diff, it could be used to show a diff of file changes without actually changing the original file contents.

It works by installing a before hook for file commands, which makes a copy of the original file into a temporary directory, and then overrides the original arguments of the file commands.

DIAGNOSTICS

This module does not do any error checking (yet).

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

It uses the same temporary directory that is used by Rex. Therefore it can be configured with set_tmp_dir:

Rex::Config->set_tmp_dir($tmp_dir);

This module does not use any environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

See the included cpanfile.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

There are no known incompatibilities with other modules.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

There are no known bugs. Make sure they are reported.

AUTHOR

Ferenc Erki <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2020-2022,2024 by Ferenc Erki.

This is free software, licensed under:

The GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 3, June 2007

Early versions of this software were sponsorware. Thanks to GitHub sponsors, it is now available to everyone!