[Catalyst] File-browser functionality

[Alessio Bragadini]

On 29 Feb 2008, at 12:13, Peter Sørensen wrote:

> I'm using catalyst and TT to develop a system, where
> it is possible to search in system logfiles based
> on predefined regex.
>
> I need a way to BROWSE on the server filesystem.
>
> I can use the directory plugin in TT but before
> trying this I would ask if any other solutions
> are around.

In the Catalyst book written by Jonathan Rockway, an example  
implements a new Filesystem Model to read and write blog posts as  
files on disk. This is IMO similar in concept to the thing you are  
trying to do. Jonathan takes the example further with the Angerwhale  
module available from CPAN.

Since you need to "search" in files, another angle would be to treat  
the log files as tables using some kind of package based on  
DBD::File. Once that's in place, the rest will follow as a normal  
Catalyst application with a DBI-based Model.

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