NAME File::SafeDO -- safer do file for perl SYNOPSIS use File::SafeDO qw( DO ); $rv = DO($file,[optional no warnings string]) DESCRIPTION * $rv = DO($file,[optional] "no warnings string"); This is a fancy 'do file'. It first checks that the file exists and is readable, then does a 'do file' to pull the variables and subroutines into the current name space. The 'do' is executed with full perl warnings so that syntax and construct errors are reported to STDERR. A string of no warnings may optionally be specified as a second argument. This is equivalent to saying: no warnings qw(string of no values); See: man perllexwarnings for a full listing of warning names. input: file/path/name, [optional] string of "no" warnings returns: last value in file or undef on error prints warning i.e. DO('myfile','once redefine'); This will execute 'myfile' safely and suppress 'once' and 'redefine' warnings to STDERR. DEPENDENCIES none EXPORT_OK DO AUTHOR Michael Robinton, michael@bizsystems.com COPYRIGHT Copyright 2003 - 2004, Michael Robinton & BizSystems 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 2 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, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.