OpenBSD::IdCache(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide OpenBSD::IdCache(3p)NAMEOpenBSD::IdCache - cache for user and group look-ups
SYNOPSIS
use OpenBSD::IdCache;
my $ucache = new OpenBSD::UidCache;
my $uid = $ucache->lookup("espie");
my $gcache = new OpenBSD::GidCache;
my $gid = $gcache->lookup("wheel", 0);
my $unamecache = new OpenBSD::UnameCache;
my $name = $unamecache->lookup($uid);
my $gnamecache = new OpenBSD::GnameCache;
my $grname = $gnamecache->lookup($gid);
DESCRIPTION
"OpenBSD::IdCache" provides four classes: "OpenBSD::UidCache" for UIDs,
"OpenBSD::GidCache" for GIDs, "OpenBSD::UnameCache" for user names, and
"OpenBSD::GnameCache" for group names.
"UidCache::new" creates a UID cache, which can be used to look up user
names by using the "lookup" method. Looking up a numeric user name is
a no-op. Non-existing IDs return a default value, which is normally
"undef" but can be provided as an extra argument to "lookup".
"GidCache::new" provides the same service for GIDs.
"UnameCache::new" creates a user name cache, which can be used to look
up UIDs.
"GnameCache::new" provides the same service for group names.
perl v5.12.2 June 30, 2010
