#!/usr/bin/perl use POSIX 'SEEK_SET'; my $file = "tf$$.txt"; $: = Tie::File::_default_recsep(); print "1..5\n"; my $N = 1; use Tie::File; print "ok $N\n"; $N++; my $o = tie @a, 'Tie::File', $file, autodefer => 0; print $o ? "ok $N\n" : "not ok $N\n"; $N++; $a[0] = 'rec0'; check_contents("rec0$:"); $a[1] = "rec1$:"; check_contents("rec0$:rec1$:"); $a[2] = "rec2$:$:"; # should we detect this? check_contents("rec0$:rec1$:rec2$:$:"); sub check_contents { my $x = shift; local *FH = $o->{fh}; seek FH, 0, SEEK_SET; my $a; { local $/; $a = } $a = "" unless defined $a; if ($a eq $x) { print "ok $N\n"; } else { my $msg = "not ok $N # expected <$x>, got <$a>"; ctrlfix($msg); print "$msg\n"; } $N++; } sub ctrlfix { for (@_) { s/\n/\\n/g; s/\r/\\r/g; } } END { undef $o; untie @a; 1 while unlink $file; }