< Home - < Back

perl-Sys-Mmap


Information about the package, perl-Sys-Mmap, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Sys-Mmap package is designed for, Use mmap to map in a file as a Perl variable.


Package Name:

perl-Sys-Mmap

Summary:

Use mmap to map in a file as a Perl variable

Description:

The Mmap module lets you use mmap to map in a file as a perl variable rather than reading the file into dynamically allocated memory. Multiple programs may map the same file into memory, and immediately see changes by each other. Memory may be allocated not attached to a file, and shared with subprocesses.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.17

Release:

6.el6

Size:

30 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPL+ or Artistic



Handy Yum Commands for perl-Sys-Mmap


Control the perl-Sys-Mmap package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install perl-Sys-Mmap

This command will install perl-Sys-Mmap on the server.

yum remove perl-Sys-Mmap

This command will un-install perl-Sys-Mmap on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Sys-Mmap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove perl-Sys-Mmap

This command will un-install perl-Sys-Mmap 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-Sys-Mmap when using the -y flag.

yum update perl-Sys-Mmap

This command will update perl-Sys-Mmap to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Sys-Mmap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update perl-Sys-Mmap

This command will update perl-Sys-Mmap 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-Sys-Mmap when using the -y flag.

yum info perl-Sys-Mmap

This command will show you core information about the perl-Sys-Mmap package.

yum deplist perl-Sys-Mmap

This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Sys-Mmap. 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-Sys-Mmap

This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Sys-Mmap. 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.