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Solaris Containers: Resource Management and Solaris Zones Developer's Guide

Sun::Solaris::Exacct::File Functions, Class Methods, and Object Methods

The Sun::Solaris::Exacct::File module has no functions.

The Perl extensions to the libexacct(3LIB) API provide the following class method forSun::Solaris::Exacct::File.

new

The following table describes the new() action for combinations of the $oflags and $aflags parameters.

Table 4–2 $oflags and $aflags Parameters

$oflags 

$aflags 

Action 

O_RDONLY

Absent or EO_HEAD

Open for reading at the start of the file. 

O_RDONLY

EO_TAIL

Open for reading at the end of the file. 

O_WRONLY

Ignored 

File must exist, open for writing at the end of the file. 

O_WRONLY | O_CREAT

Ignored 

Create file if the file does not exist. Otherwise, truncate, and open for writing. 

O_RDWR

Ignored 

File must exist, open for reading or writing, at the end of the file. 

O_RDWR | O_CREAT

Ignored 

Create file if the file does not exist. Otherwise, truncate, and open for reading or writing. 

Note –

The only valid values for $oflags are the combinations of O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, O_RDWR or O_CREAT. $aflags describes the required positioning in the file for O_RDONLY. Either EO_HEAD or EO_TAIL are allowed. If absent, EO_HEAD is assumed.

The perl extensions to the libexacct(3LIB) API provide the following object methods forSun::Solaris::Exacct::File.

creator

hostname

next

previous

get

write

Note –

Close a Sun::Solaris::Exacct::File. There is no explicit close() method for a Sun::Solaris::Exacct::File. The file is closed when the filehandle object is undefined or reassigned.