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\section{\module{linecache} ---
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Treat files like lists of lines}
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\declaremodule{standard}{linecache}
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\sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{mzadka@geocities.com}
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\modulesynopsis{This module treats files like random-access lists of lines.}
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The \module{linecache} module allows one to get any line from any file,
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while attempting to optimize internally, using a cache, the common case
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where many lines are read from a file.
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The \module{linecache} module defines the following functions:
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\begin{funcdesc}{getline}{filename, lineno}
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Get line \var{lineno} from file named \var{filename}. This function
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will never throw an exception --- it will return \code{''} on errors.
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If a file named \var{filename} is not found, the function will look
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for it in the module search path.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{clearcache}{}
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Clear the cache. You might want to use this function if you know that
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you do not need to read lines from many of files you already read from
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using this module.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{checkcache}{}
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Check the cache is still valid. You might want to use this function if
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you suspect that files you read from using this module might have
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changed.
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\end{funcdesc}
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Example:
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\begin{verbatim}
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>>> import linecache
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>>> linecache.getline('/etc/passwd', 4)
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'sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh\012'
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\end{verbatim}
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