PerlIO/subfile version 0.08 =========================== A layer for the PerlIO system to limit you to subsection of a file. You need perl 5.8.0 or later. Currently read only. WHY? zip files (and other archive files) contain multiple other files within them. If the contained file is stored uncompressed then it would be nice to save copying it out, and instead give a file handle onto the subfile which behaves as if the temporary copy has taken place, but actually reads from the original zip. Basically all you need to do is nobble seek and tell so that file offsets are given from the start of the contained file (and you can't seek your way outside the bounds), and read so that EOF happens in the right place. (Reading files from inside uncompressed tar files or any other sort of archive format is just the same) Yes, you can nest them. sub subfiles. :-) INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DEPENDENCIES This module requires perl 5.8.0 or later compiler with PerlIO. (which is now the default) COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE You may distribute this work under the terms of either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in perl's README file. Copyright © 2001-2003,2006 Nicholas Clark