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'''EPrints::Platform''' - handles platform specific code.
 
  
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When you call a method in this class, it is sent to the appropriate EPrints::Platform::xxx module. Usually this is  EPrints::Platform::Unix
 
 
Which module is used is configured by the {platform} setting in SystemSettings.pm
 
 
All file and directory names are absolute and joined by the Unix file separator character '/'.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_chmod -->==chmod==
 
 
  chmod( MODE, @filelist )
 
 
Change the access control on files listed in @filelist to MODE.
 
 
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  chown( $uid, $gid, @filelist )
 
 
Change the user and group on files listed in @filelist to $uid and $gid. $uid and $gid are as returned by {{API:PodLink|file=getpwnam|package_name=getpwnam|section=|text=getpwnam}} (usually numeric).
 
 
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  getpwnam( $user )
 
 
Return the login-name, password crypt, uid and gid for user $user.
 
 
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  getpwnam( $user )
 
 
Return the login-name, password crypt, uid and gid for user $user.
 
 
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<!-- Pod2Wiki=item_test_uid -->==test_uid==
 
 
  test_uid()
 
 
Test whether the current user is the same that is configured in SystemSettings.
 
 
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  mkdir( $path, MODE )
 
 
Create a directory $path (including parent directories as necessary) set to mode MODE. If MODE is undefined defaults to dir_perms in SystemSettings.
 
 
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  exec()
 
 
Executes certain named tasks, which were once (and may be) handled by external binaries. This allows a per-platform solution to each task. (example is unpacking a .tar.gz file).
 
 
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  $rc = read_perl_script( $repository, $filename, @args )
 
 
Executes Perl with @args, including the current EPrints library path. Writes output from the script to $filename (errors and stdout).
 
 
Returns 0 on success.
 
 
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  get_hash_name()
 
 
Returns the last part of the filename of the hashfile for a document. (yes, it's a bad function name.)
 
 
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  free_space( $dir )
 
 
Return the amount of free space (in bytes) available at $dir. $dir may contain a drive (C:) on Windows platforms.
 
 
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  $bool = proc_exists( $pid )
 
 
Returns true if a process exists using id $pid.
 
 
Returns undef if process identification is unsupported.
 
 
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