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==Download==

* [[Media:Srb-perl-0.1.tgz|tgz]] SRB-Perl v0.1
* [[Media:Srb-perl-0.2.tgz|tgz]] SRB-Perl v0.2
* [[Media:Srb-perl-0.3.tgz|tgz]] SRB-Perl v0.3
* [[SRB:Perl Changelog|Changelog]]

==Requirements==

* [http://www.swig.org Swig > 1.3.19]
* [http://www.perl.org Perl version > 5.6.1]
* and of course, the [http://www.npaci.edu/dice/srb SRB software]


==Installation Instructions==

Edit SRB_HOME and PERL_INCL at the top of the Makefile to point to your srb distribution and perl headers. Run 'make'. You will end up with srbcore.so and srbcore.pm. Copy these into a location of your choice and point perl at it. 

The test.pl script can be used to verify that most of the functions are working

==Currently Implemented Features==

See [[SRB:Perl test.pl|test.pl]] for examples of supported functions.

<table valign="top" width=75%>
<TR>
<TD valign="top">
'''Connection/Error Reporting'''
* srbConnect
* clReset
* clFinish
* srbError
</td><td valign="top">
'''Collection Operations (v0.2)'''
* srbCreateCollect
* srbModifyCollect
* srbLsCollect
</td></tr>
<TR>
<TD valign="top">
'''File Operations'''
* srbObjCreate
* srbObjOpen
* srbObjClose
* srbObjUnlink
* srbObjRead
* srbObjWrite
* srbModifyDataset (v0.2)
</td><td valign="top">
'''Metadata Operations (v0.2)'''
* srbSearch - Takes qval and sval arrays similiar to srbGetDataDirInfo
* srb_search_results object
** get_num_rows - get number or returned rows
** get_next - return more results
** get_item - get specific item
** get_row - return entire row for sval value
** more_results - test to see if more results
</td></tr></table>


==Examples==

* [[SRB:Perl connect.pl|Connect and Error Example]]


==Copyright==
Please see included COPYRIGHT.* files included with the software. Parts of srbhelper.h are &copy;General Atomics and The Regents of the University of California.

-- Main.MikeSmorul - 02 May 2005