PERLDOC esmith::HostsDB

NAME

esmith::HostsDB - interface to esmith hostnames/addresses database

    use esmith::HostsDB;
    my $hosts = esmith::HostsDB->open;

    # everything else works just like esmith::DB::db

    # these methods are added
    my @hosts     = $hosts->hosts;
    my @new_hosts = $hosts->propogate_hosts;

This module provides an abstracted interface to the esmith hosts database.

Unless otherwise noted, esmith::HostsDB acts like esmith::DB::db.

open: Like esmith::DB->open, but if given no $file it will try to open the file in the ESMITH_HOSTS_DB environment variable or hosts.

Like esmith::DB->open_ro, but if given no $file it will try to open the file in the ESMITH_HOSTS_DB environment variable or hosts.

These methods are added be esmith::HostsDB

    my @hosts = $hosts->hosts;

Returns a list of all host records in the database.

    my @new_hosts = $hosts->propogate_hosts($old_name, $new_name);

When the name of your e-smith machine changes, this will change the name of any hosts which also started with $old_name to use the $new_name.

Returns a list of the newly tranlsated host records.

Given a domain name (as a string), finds any hosts which match it and return them as a list of record objects.

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