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===prepare_cmd===
 
 
$cmd = EPrints::Utils::prepare_cmd($cmd,%VARS)
 
Prepare command string $cmd by substituting variables (specified by <tt>$(varname)</tt>) with their value from %VARS (key is <tt>varname</tt>). All %VARS are quoted before replacement to make it shell-safe.
 
 
If a variable is specified in $cmd, but not present in %VARS a die is thrown.
 
 
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===make_name_string===
 
 
$string = EPrints::Utils::make_name_string( $name, [$familylast] )
 
Return a string containing the name described in the hash reference $name.
 
 
The keys of the hash are one or more of given, family, honourific and lineage. The values are utf-8 strings.
 
 
Normally the result will be:
 
 
"family lineage, honourific given"
 
 
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"honourific given family lineage"
 
 
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===wrap_text===
 
 
$str = EPrints::Utils::wrap_text( $text, [$width], [$init_tab], [$sub_tab] )
 
Wrap $text to be at most $width (or 80 if undefined) characters per line. As a special case $width may be <tt>console</tt>, in which case the width used is the current console width ({{API:PodLink|file=Term/ReadKey|package_name=Term::ReadKey|section=|text=Term::ReadKey}}).
 
 
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===is_set===
 
 
$boolean = EPrints::Utils::is_set( $r )
 
Recursive function.
 
 
Return false if $r is not set.
 
 
If $r is a scalar then returns true if it is not an empty string.
 
 
For arrays and hashes return true if at least one value of them is_set().
 
 
This is used to see if a complex data structure actually has any data in it.
 
 
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===tree_to_utf8===
 
 
$string = EPrints::Utils::tree_to_utf8( $tree, $width, [$pre], [$whitespace_before], [$ignore_a] )
 
Convert a XML DOM tree to a utf-8 encoded string.
 
 
If $width is set then word-wrap at that many characters.
 
 
XHTML elements are removed with the following exceptions:
 
 
&lt;br /&gt; is converted to a newline.
 
 
&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt; will have a blank line above and below.
 
 
&lt;img /&gt; will be replaced with the content of the alt attribute.
 
 
&lt;hr /&gt; will, if a width was specified, insert a line of dashes.
 
 
&lt;a href="foo"&gt;bar&lt;/a&gt; will be converted into "bar &lt;foo&gt;" unless ignore_a is set.
 
 
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===copy===
 
 
$ok = EPrints::Utils::copy( $source, $target )
 
Copy $source file to $target file without alteration.
 
 
Return true on success (sets $! on error).
 
 
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===wget===
 
 
$response = EPrints::Utils::wget( $session, $source, $target )
 
Copy $source file or URL to $target file without alteration.
 
 
Will fail if $source is a "file:" and "enable_file_imports" is false or if $source is any other scheme and "enable_web_imports" is false.
 
 
Returns the HTTP response object: use $response-&gt;is_success to check whether the copy succeeded.
 
 
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===rmtree===
 
 
$ok = EPrints::Utils::rmtree( $full_path )
 
Unlinks the path and everything in it.
 
 
Return true on success.
 
 
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===field_from_config_string===
 
 
$metafield = EPrints::Utils::field_from_config_string( $dataset, $fieldname )
 
Return the EPrint::MetaField from $dataset with the given name.
 
 
If fieldname has a semicolon followed by render options then these are passed as render options to the new EPrints::MetaField object.
 
 
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===get_input===
 
 
$string = EPrints::Utils::get_input( $regexp, [$prompt], [$default] )
 
Read input from the keyboard.
 
 
Prints the promp and default value, if any. eg.
 
How many fish [5] &gt;
 
 
Return the value the user enters at the keyboard.
 
 
If the value does not match the regexp then print the prompt again and try again.
 
 
If a default is set and the user just hits return then the default value is returned.
 
 
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===get_input_hidden===
 
 
EPrints::Utils::get_input_hidden( $regexp, [$prompt], [$default] )
 
Get input from the console without echoing the entered characters  (mostly useful for getting passwords). Uses {{API:PodLink|file=Term/ReadKey|package_name=Term::ReadKey|section=|text=Term::ReadKey}}.
 
 
Identical to get_input except the characters don't appear.
 
 
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===get_input_confirm===
 
 
EPrints::Utils::get_input_confirm( [$prompt], [$quick], [$default] )
 
Asks the user for confirmation (yes/no). If $quick is true only checks for a single-character input ('y' or 'n').
 
 
If $default is '1' defaults to yes, if '0' defaults to no.
 
 
Returns true if the user answers 'yes' or false for any other value.
 
 
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===clone===
 
 
$clone_of_data = EPrints::Utils::clone( $data )
 
Deep copies the data structure $data, following arrays and hashes.
 
 
Does not handle blessed items.
 
 
Useful when we want to modify a temporary copy of a data structure  that came from the configuration files.
 
 
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===crypt_password===
 
 
$crypted_value = EPrints::Utils::crypt_password( $value, $session )
 
Apply the crypt encoding to the given $value.
 
 
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===url_escape===
 
 
$string = EPrints::Utils::url_escape( $url )
 
Escape the given $url, so that it can appear safely in HTML.
 
 
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===ip2long===
 
 
$long = EPrints::Utils::ip2long( $ip )
 
Convert quad-dotted notation to long
 
 
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===long2ip===
 
 
$ip = EPrints::Utils::long2ip( $ip )
 
Convert long to quad-dotted notation
 
 
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===cmd_version===
 
 
EPrints::Utils::cmd_version( $progname )
 
Print out a "--version" style message to STDOUT.
 
 
$progname is the name of the current script.
 
 
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===escape_filename===
 
 
$esc_string = EPrints::Utils::escape_filename( $string )
 
Take a value and escape it to be a legal filename to go in the /view/ section of the site.
 
 
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===unescape_filename===
 
 
$string = EPrints::Utils::unescape_filename( $esc_string )
 
Unescape a string previously escaped with escape_filename().
 
 
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===human_filesize===
 
 
$filesize_text = EPrints::Utils::human_filesize( $size_in_bytes )
 
Return a human readable version of a filesize. If 0-4095b then show  as bytes, if 4-4095Kb show as Kb otherwise show as Mb.
 
 
eg. Input of 5234 gives "5Kb", input of 3234 gives "3234b".
 
 
This is not internationalised, I don't think it needs to be. Let me know if this is a problem. support@eprints.org
 
 
 
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EPrints 3 Reference: Directory Structure - Metadata Fields - Repository Configuration - XML Config Files - XML Export Format - EPrints data structure - Core API - Data Objects


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NAME

EPrints::Utils - Utility functions for EPrints.

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SYNOPSIS

 $boolean = EPrints::Utils::is_set( $object ) 
 # return true if an object/scalar/array has any data in it
 
 # copy the contents of the url to a file
 $response = EPrints::Utils::wget( 
   $handle, 
   "http://www.eprints.org/index.php", 
   "temp_dir/my_file" ) 
 if($response->is_sucess()){ do something...}
 
 $name = { given=>"Wendy", family=>"Hall", honourific=>"Dame" };
 # return Dame Wendy Hall
 $string = EPrints::Utils::make_name_string( $name, 1 );
 # return Dame Hall, Wendy
 $string = EPrints::Utils::make_name_string( $name, 0 );
 
 # returns http://www.eprints.org?var=%3Cfoo%3E
 $string = EPrints::Utils::url_escape( "http://www.eprints.org?var=<foo>" ); 
 
 $esc_string = EPrints::Utils::escape_filename( $string );
 $string = EPrints::Utils::unescape_filename( $esc_string );
 
 $filesize_text = EPrints::Utils::human_filesize( 3300 ); 
 # returns "3kb"
 

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DESCRIPTION

This package contains functions which don't belong anywhere else.

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METHODS

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