Re: Writing a module - web-lib.pl

[Bek O. <gos...@te...>]

jca...@we... wrote:
> Bek Oberin <gos...@te...> wrote ..
> > Is the stuf in web-lib.pl for Webmin .86 properly documented
> > anywhere?
> > I've been hired to write a module, never having written one
> > before, and I'm getting there slowly but it's confusing me.
> Have a look at http://www.webmin.com/webmin/modules.html
> All the functions are documented in there ..

Thanks, that's what I needed.

> > Is there, for example, a standard function to add or remove
> > a line from a specificied place in a file?  Seems like that
> > would be handy.
> The best way to do this is with the &read_file_lines and
> &flush_file_lines functions. For example, to insert a line you
> could do :
> $lines = &read_file_lines("/tmp/somefile.txt");
> splice(@$line, 10, 0, "hello world");
> &flush_file_lines();

Beaaaaauty!  As the Aussies say :)  That's what I needed.

I'll head over to the devel list just as soon as I find the address
for it.


bekj

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