Information about the package, perl-File-Slurp, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-File-Slurp package is designed for, Efficient Reading/Writing of Complete Files.
Package Name:
perl-File-Slurp
Summary:
Efficient Reading/Writing of Complete Files
Description:
This module provides subs that allow you to read or write entire files with one simple call. They are designed to be simple to use, have flexible ways to pass in or get the file contents and to be very efficient. There is also a sub to read in all the files in a directory other than . and .. These slurp/spew subs work for files, pipes and sockets, and stdio, pseudo-files, and DATA.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
9999.13
Release:
7.el6
Size:
31 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-File-Slurp package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-File-Slurp
This command will install perl-File-Slurp on the server.
yum remove perl-File-Slurp
This command will un-install perl-File-Slurp on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-File-Slurp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-File-Slurp
This command will un-install perl-File-Slurp on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-File-Slurp when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-File-Slurp
This command will update perl-File-Slurp to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-File-Slurp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-File-Slurp
This command will update perl-File-Slurp to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-File-Slurp when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-File-Slurp
This command will show you core information about the perl-File-Slurp package.
yum deplist perl-File-Slurp
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-File-Slurp. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update perl-File-Slurp
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-File-Slurp. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.