NAME

       Arch::SharedCache - a synchronized data structure (map) for IPC

SYNOPSIS

           use Arch::SharedCache;

           my $cache = Arch::SharedCache->new(
               dir => '/tmp/dir-listings',
               max_size   => 100,
               expiration => 600,  # 10 minutes
           );

           sub ls_long { scalar `ls -l $_[0]` }

           my $user_dir = '/usr/share';
           $cache->store($user_dir => ls_long($user_dir));
           $cache->fetch_store(sub { ls_long($_[0]) }, qw(/tmp /bin /usr/share));
           printf "Cached listing of $user_dir:\n%s", $cache->fetch($user_dir);
           $cache->delete($user_dir);

           # examine /tmp/dir-listings/ after running this script
           # see also synopsys of Arch::SharedIndex

DESCRIPTION

       Arch::SharedCache provides an Arch::SharedIndex implementation using a single file per
       value.

METHODS

       The following methods are available:

       new.

       Other methods are documented in Arch::SharedIndex.

       new options
           Create a new Arch::SharedCache object.  options is a hash of options.

           dir The cache directory used to store data.  Will be created if it doesn't exist.

           index_file
               Name of the index file for the cache.  Defaults to "dir/.index".

BUGS

       Awaiting for your reports.

AUTHORS

       Mikhael Goikhman (migo@homemail.com--Perl-GPL/arch-perl--devel).

       Enno Cramer (uebergeek@web.de--2003/arch-perl--devel).

SEE ALSO

       For more information, see Arch::SharedIndex.