#!/usr/bin/perl -w # # ch02/marshal/update_storable: Updates the given megalith data file # for a given site. Uses Storable data # and updates the map reference field. use Storable qw( nfreeze thaw ); die "Usage: updatemegadata \n" unless @ARGV == 3; my $megalithFile = $ARGV[0]; my $siteName = $ARGV[1]; my $siteMapRef = $ARGV[2]; my $tempFile = "tmp.$$"; open MEGADATA, "<$megalithFile" or die "Can't open $megalithFile: $!\n"; open TMPMEGADATA, ">$tempFile" or die "Can't open temporary file $tempFile: $!\n"; while ( ) { my $frozen = pack "H*", $_; my $fields = thaw( $frozen ); my ( $name, $location, $mapref, $type, $description ) = @$fields; next unless $siteName eq $name; $fields = [ $name, $location, $siteMapRef, $type, $description ]; $frozen = nfreeze( $fields ); $_ = unpack( "H*", $frozen ) . "\n"; } continue { print TMPMEGADATA $_ or die "Error writing $tempFile: $!\n"; } close MEGADATA; close TMPMEGADATA or die "Error closing $tempFile: $!\n"; unlink $megalithFile or die "Can't delete old $megalithFile: $!\n"; rename $tempFile, $megalithFile or die "Can't rename '$tempFile' to '$megalithFile': $!\n"; exit 0;