Dancer-Plugin-Auth-Htpasswd
(0.01)
Underneath the hood, it really should set request->env->{REMOTE_USER} automatically. This would allow end users to access the login ID via request->user. Other than that niggle, it was straightforward to use.
Dee Newcum - 2011-11-11T13:20:51 (permalink)
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Net-OpenSSH
(0.52)
This is an underappreciated module.
I was surprised to find it supported several advanced features such as connection sharing and $SSH_ASKPASS. It may take me a while to use all of the functionality it provides.
The dependency on local OpenSSH being installed is a bit of downside, but it's a tradeoff worth taking since that gives you several really useful features.
Dee Newcum - 2011-06-24T09:16:54 (permalink)
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CPAN-Mini
(1.111007)
Want to do a regexp search of all code and documentation on CPAN? Now you can! Incredibly useful.
Dee Newcum - 2011-06-23T21:00:24 (permalink)
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Acme-Test
(0.03)
My favorite Acme:: module so far. Storing state in your source file totally violates the principle of least astonishment. :)
As of v0.02, it leaves the updated script as 'chmod -x'. Is this a security feature? Either way, the documentation should mention it. The workaround is to do this after the last ->set() call.
chmod 0755, $0;
Dee Newcum - 2011-06-23T20:54:01 (permalink)
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Apache-ParseLog
(1.02)
The module didn't have the ability to do some key things I needed it to (use a very complex httpd.conf, or otherwise be able to directly specify the location of a custom log file; be able to parse only the tail end of the log file rather than the whole two year's worth).
I won't complain about free code, but as Peter mentioned, the author didn't seem to be very familiar with using all the features that Perl provides (customlogDefined()+customlog() is a poignant example... both functions could be replaced with a simple hash lookup).
Though here's a workaround for parsing a combined log from an arbitrary path if you poke inside $self:
$parselog->{customlog}{location}{combined} = '/path/to/the.log';
$parselog->{customlog}{nickname} = [qw[ combined ]];
For alternatives, see:
- Logfile::Access
- www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlwsmng/cha...
- the Regexp::Log:: set of modules
- HTTPD::Log::Filter
- AWStats' awstats.pl (search for "Start Update process"... the code isn't very modular though)
- www.fourmilab.ch/fourmilog/archives/2...
Dee Newcum - 2007-10-31T12:14:21 (permalink)
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IO-All
(0.13)
I don't think a day has gone by since I've discovered this module that I haven't thought about using it somewhere. I seriously hope this becomes part of the standard distribution, it's so damned useful.
Dee Newcum - 2004-03-13T14:51:48 (permalink)
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Argv
(1.12)
If you're trying to write a robust script that uses user-provided filenames, filenames that possibly include quotes/spaces/whatnot, and you pass those on to other utilties, you know that it's important to call system and exec with separate (pre-parsed) arguments.
Unfortunately Windows doesn't provide for this functionality, so this module provides the necessary shell-quoting to make windows as functional as unix. It's really indespensible for cross-platform file utilities.
Dee Newcum - 2004-03-07T20:35:17 (permalink)
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