This Template Toolkit plugin provides a simple interface to directory
listings. It is derived from the Template::Plugin::File module and
uses Template::Plugin::File object instances to represent files within
a directory. Sub-directories within a directory are represented by
further Template::Plugin::Directory instances.
The constructor expects a directory name as an argument.
[% USE dir = Directory('/tmp') %]
It then provides access to the files and sub-directories contained within
the directory.
# regular files (not directories)
[% FOREACH file = dir.files %]
[% file.name %]
[% END %]
# directories only
[% FOREACH file = dir.dirs %]
[% file.name %]
[% END %]
# files and/or directories
[% FOREACH file = dir.list %]
[% file.name %] ([% file.isdir ? 'directory' : 'file' %])
[% END %]
[% USE Directory('foo/baz') %]
The plugin constructor will throw a 'Directory' error if the specified
path does not exist, is not a directory or fails to stat() (see
Template::Plugin::File). Otherwise, it will scan the directory and
create lists named 'files' containing files, 'dirs' containing
directories and 'list' containing both files and directories combined.
The 'nostat' option can be set to disable all file/directory checks
and directory scanning.
Each file in the directory will be represented by a
Template::Plugin::File object instance, and each directory by another
Template::Plugin::Directory. If the 'recurse' flag is set, then those
directories will contain further nested entries, and so on. With the
'recurse' flag unset, as it is by default, then each is just a place
marker for the directory and does not contain any further content
unless its scan() method is explicitly called. The 'isdir' flag can
be tested against files and/or directories, returning true if the item
is a directory or false if it is a regular file.
[% FOREACH file = dir.list %]
[% IF file.isdir %]
* Directory: [% file.name %]
[% ELSE %]
* File: [% file.name %]
[% END %]
[% END %]
This example shows how you might walk down a directory tree, displaying
content as you go. With the recurse flag disabled, as is the default,
we need to explicitly call the scan() method on each directory, to force
it to lookup files and further sub-directories contained within.
[% USE dir = Directory(dirpath) %]
* [% dir.path %]
[% INCLUDE showdir %]
[% BLOCK showdir -%]
[% FOREACH file = dir.list -%]
[% IF file.isdir -%]
* [% file.name %]
[% file.scan -%]
[% INCLUDE showdir dir=file FILTER indent(4) -%]
[% ELSE -%]
- [% f.name %]
[% END -%]
[% END -%]
[% END %]
This example is adapted (with some re-formatting for clarity) from
a test in t/directry.t which produces the following output:
* test/dir
- file1
- file2
* sub_one
- bar
- foo
* sub_two
- waz.html
- wiz.html
- xyzfile
The 'recurse' flag can be set (disabled by default) to cause the
constructor to automatically recurse down into all sub-directories,
creating a new Template::Plugin::Directory object for each one and
filling it with any further content. In this case there is no need
to explicitly call the scan() method.
[% USE dir = Directory(dirpath, recurse=1) %]
...
[% IF file.isdir -%]
* [% file.name %]
[% INCLUDE showdir dir=file FILTER indent(4) -%]
[% ELSE -%]
...
From version 2.01, the Template Toolkit provides support for views.
A view can be defined as a VIEW ... END block and should contain
BLOCK definitions for files ('file') and directories ('directory').
[% VIEW myview %]
[% BLOCK file %]
- [% item.name %]
[% END %]
[% BLOCK directory %]
* [% item.name %]
[% item.content(myview) FILTER indent %]
[% END %]
[% END %]
Then the view print() method can be called, passing the
Directory object as an argument.
[% USE dir = Directory(dirpath, recurse=1) %]
[% myview.print(dir) %]
When a directory is presented to a view, either as [% myview.print(dir) %]
or [% dir.present(view) %], then the 'directory' BLOCK within the 'myview'
VIEW is processed, with the 'item' variable set to alias the Directory object.
[% BLOCK directory %]
* [% item.name %]
[% item.content(myview) FILTER indent %]
[% END %]
The directory name is first printed and the content(view) method is
then called to present each item within the directory to the view.
Further directories will be mapped to the 'directory' block, and files
will be mapped to the 'file' block.
With the recurse option disabled, as it is by default, the 'directory'
block should explicitly call a scan() on each directory.
[% VIEW myview %]
[% BLOCK file %]
- [% item.name %]
[% END %]
[% BLOCK directory %]
* [% item.name %]
[% item.scan %]
[% item.content(myview) FILTER indent %]
[% END %]
[% END %]
[% USE dir = Directory(dirpath) %]
[% myview.print(dir) %] |
