NAME

       Apache::Session::Store::File - Store persistent data on the filesystem

SYNOPSIS

        use Apache::Session::Store::File;

        my $store = new Apache::Session::Store::File;

        $store->insert($ref);
        $store->update($ref);
        $store->materialize($ref);
        $store->remove($ref);

DESCRIPTION

       This module fulfills the storage interface of Apache::Session.  The serialized objects are
       stored in files on your filesystem.

OPTIONS

       This module requires one argument in the usual Apache::Session style.  The name of the
       option is Directory, and the value is the full path of the directory where you wish to
       place the files.  Example

        tie %s, 'Apache::Session::File', undef,
           {Directory => '/tmp/sessions'};

NOTES

       All session objects are stored in the same directory.  Some filesystems, such as Linux's
       ext2fs, have O(n) performance where n is the number of files in a directory.  Other
       filesystems, like Sun's UFS, and Linux's reiserfs, do not have this problem.  You should
       consider your filesystem's performance before using this module to store many objects.

AUTHOR

       This module was written by Jeffrey William Baker <jwbaker@acm.org>.

SEE ALSO

       Apache::Session