This module provides a shared cache, using a memory mapped file. Very useful for mod_perl applications. If routines are provided which interact with the underlying data, access to the cache is completely transparent, and the module handles all the details of refreshing cache contents, and updating underlying data, if necessary. Changes between versions 0.08 and 0.081 Make t/03corrupt.t work in UTF8 locales Changes between versions 0.07 and 0.08 Add CMM_keep_expired and CMM_keep_expired_refresh flags to enable temporary underlying data availability problems to be dealt with nicely Thanks to Jeffrey Friedl for the idea and initial implementation Document quick_clear() Changes between versions 0.05 and 0.07 Add a check for super-sized entries (those which extend past the bucket end) Make zero-sized check message include cache filename and key Add t/03corrupt.t to check that the corruption checks are working Deal with utf8 properly (and add t/04utf8.t) This changes the file format, so added format version number to file header Existing files which aren't cache files are not overwritten INSTALLING What you need to install this module: Storable module Test::More module (only used during testing) How to install perl Makefile.PL make make install $Id: README,v 1.8 2004/03/15 16:42:29 pmh Exp $ Copyright Institute of Physics Publishing 2002 You may distribute under the terms of the GPL or the Artistic License, as distributed with Perl.