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.IX Title "Mail::SpamAssassin::Util 3"
.TH Mail::SpamAssassin::Util 3 "2015-04-29" "perl v5.16.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Mail::SpamAssassin::Util \- utility functions
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
A general class for utility functions.  Please use this for functions that
stand alone, without requiring a \f(CW$self\fR object, Portability functions
especially.
.PP
\&\s-1NOTE:\s0 The functions in this module are to be considered private.  Their \s-1API\s0 may
change at any point, and it's expected that they'll only be used by other
Mail::SpamAssassin modules. (\s-1TODO:\s0 we should probably revisit this if
it's useful for plugin development.)
.PP
\&\s-1NOTE:\s0 Utility functions should not be changing global variables such
as \f(CW$_\fR, \f(CW$1\fR, \f(CW$2\fR, ... $/, etc. unless explicitly documented.  If these
variables are in use by these functions, they should be localized.
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Return the name of the first module that can be successfully loaded with
\&\f(CW\*(C`require\*(C'\fR from the list.  Returns \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR if none are available.
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\&  my $module = Mail::SpamAssassin::Util::first_available_module
\&                        (qw(DB_File GDBM_File NDBM_File SDBM_File));
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with Perl.
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Generates a filename for a temporary file, opens it exclusively and
securely, and returns a filehandle to the open file (opened O_RDWR).
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If it cannot open a file after 20 tries, it returns \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR.
.IP "my ($dirpath) = \fIsecure_tmpdir()\fR;" 4
.IX Item "my ($dirpath) = secure_tmpdir();"
Generates a directory for temporary files.  Creates it securely and
returns the path to the directory.
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If it cannot create a directory after 20 tries, it returns \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR.