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+.\" ========================================================================
+.\"
+.IX Title "FileCache 3pm"
+.TH FileCache 3pm 2023-11-28 "perl v5.38.2" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
+.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
+.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
+.if n .ad l
+.nh
+.SH NAME
+FileCache \- keep more files open than the system permits
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
+.Vb 1
+\& no strict \*(Aqrefs\*(Aq;
+\&
+\& use FileCache;
+\& # or
+\& use FileCache maxopen => 16;
+\&
+\& cacheout $mode, $path;
+\& # or
+\& cacheout $path;
+\& print $path @data;
+\&
+\& $fh = cacheout $mode, $path;
+\& # or
+\& $fh = cacheout $path;
+\& print $fh @data;
+.Ve
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
+The \f(CW\*(C`cacheout\*(C'\fR function will make sure that there's a filehandle open
+for reading or writing available as the pathname you give it. It
+automatically closes and re-opens files if you exceed your system's
+maximum number of file descriptors, or the suggested maximum \fImaxopen\fR.
+.IP "cacheout EXPR" 4
+.IX Item "cacheout EXPR"
+The 1\-argument form of cacheout will open a file for writing (\f(CW\*(Aq>\*(Aq\fR)
+on it's first use, and appending (\f(CW\*(Aq>>\*(Aq\fR) thereafter.
+.Sp
+Returns EXPR on success for convenience. You may neglect the
+return value and manipulate EXPR as the filehandle directly if you prefer.
+.IP "cacheout MODE, EXPR" 4
+.IX Item "cacheout MODE, EXPR"
+The 2\-argument form of cacheout will use the supplied mode for the initial
+and subsequent openings. Most valid modes for 3\-argument \f(CW\*(C`open\*(C'\fR are supported
+namely; \f(CW\*(Aq>\*(Aq\fR, \f(CW\*(Aq+>\*(Aq\fR, \f(CW\*(Aq<\*(Aq\fR, \f(CW\*(Aq<+\*(Aq\fR, \f(CW\*(Aq>>\*(Aq\fR,
+\&\f(CW \*(Aq|\-\*(Aq \fR and \f(CW \*(Aq\-|\*(Aq \fR
+.Sp
+To pass supplemental arguments to a program opened with \f(CW \*(Aq|\-\*(Aq \fR or \f(CW \*(Aq\-|\*(Aq \fR
+append them to the command string as you would system EXPR.
+.Sp
+Returns EXPR on success for convenience. You may neglect the
+return value and manipulate EXPR as the filehandle directly if you prefer.
+.SH CAVEATS
+.IX Header "CAVEATS"
+While it is permissible to \f(CW\*(C`close\*(C'\fR a FileCache managed file,
+do not do so if you are calling \f(CW\*(C`FileCache::cacheout\*(C'\fR from a package other
+than which it was imported, or with another module which overrides \f(CW\*(C`close\*(C'\fR.
+If you must, use \f(CW\*(C`FileCache::cacheout_close\*(C'\fR.
+.PP
+Although FileCache can be used with piped opens ('\-|' or '|\-') doing so is
+strongly discouraged. If FileCache finds it necessary to close and then reopen
+a pipe, the command at the far end of the pipe will be reexecuted \- the results
+of performing IO on FileCache'd pipes is unlikely to be what you expect. The
+ability to use FileCache on pipes may be removed in a future release.
+.PP
+FileCache does not store the current file offset if it finds it necessary to
+close a file. When the file is reopened, the offset will be as specified by the
+original \f(CW\*(C`open\*(C'\fR file mode. This could be construed to be a bug.
+.PP
+The module functionality relies on symbolic references, so things will break
+under 'use strict' unless 'no strict "refs"' is also specified.
+.SH BUGS
+.IX Header "BUGS"
+\&\fIsys/param.h\fR lies with its \f(CW\*(C`NOFILE\*(C'\fR define on some systems,
+so you may have to set \fImaxopen\fR yourself.