---
name: "MasonX::ProcessDir"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmasonx-processdir-perl"
version: "0.02-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/MasonX::ProcessDir"
---

# MasonX::ProcessDir(3pm)

Process a directory of Mason 2 templates

## NAME

MasonX::ProcessDir - Process a directory of Mason 2 templates

## VERSION

version 0.02

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use MasonX::ProcessDir;
    # Generate result files in the same directory as the templates
    #
    my $pd = MasonX::ProcessDir->new(
        dir => '/path/to/dir'
    );
    $pd->process_dir();
    # Generate result files in a separate directory
    #
    my $pd = MasonX::ProcessDir->new(
        source_dir => '/path/to/source/dir',
        dest_dir   => '/path/to/dest/dir'
    );
    $pd->process_dir();
```

## DESCRIPTION

Recursively processes a directory of Mason 2 templates, generating a set of result files in the same directory or in a parallel directory.

Every file with suffix ".mc" will be processed, and the results placed in a file of the same name without the suffix. ".mi", autobase and dhandler files will be used by Mason when processing the templates but will not generate files themselves.

For example, if the source directory contains

```
   Base.mc
   httpd.conf.mc
   proxy.conf.mc
   etc/crontab.mc
   blah.mi
   somefile.txt
```

and we run

```
    my $pd = MasonX::ProcessDir->new(
        source_dir => '/path/to/source/dir',
        dest_dir   => '/path/to/dest/dir'
    );
    $pd->process_dir();
```

then afterwards the destination directory will contain files

```
    httpd.conf
    proxy.conf
    etc/crontab
    somefile.txt
```

where *foo* and *bar* are the results of processing *foo.mc* and *bar.mc* through Mason. *Base.mc* and *blah.mi* may be used during Mason processing but won't generate result files themselves.

This class is a convenience extension of Any::Template::ProcessDir.

## CONSTRUCTOR

### Specifying directory/directories

- •

  If you want to generate the result files in the **same** directory as the templates, just specify *dir*.

  ```
      my $pd = MasonX::ProcessDir->new(
          dir => '/path/to/dir',
          ...
      );
  ```

- •

  If you want to generate the result files in a **separate** directory from the templates, specify *source\_dir* and *dest\_dir*.

  ```
      my $pd = MasonX::ProcessDir->new(
          source_dir => '/path/to/source/dir',
          source_dir => '/path/to/dest/dir',
          ...
      );
  ```

### Mason options

- mason\_options

  An optional hash of options to the Mason interpreter. For example, the default Mason data directory will be ".mason" under the source directory, but you can override this:

  ```
      mason_options => { data_dir => '/path/to/data/dir' }
  ```

### Options inherited from Any::Template::ProcessDir

See Any::Template::ProcessDir for other options, such as

```
    dir_create_mode
    file_create_mode
    readme_filename
```

## SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION

Bugs and feature requests will be tracked at RT:

```
    http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=MasonX-ProcessDir
    bug-masonx-processdir@rt.cpan.org
```

The latest source code can be browsed and fetched at:

```
    http://github.com/jonswar/perl-masonx-processdir
    git clone git://github.com/jonswar/perl-masonx-processdir.git
```

## SEE ALSO

Mason, Any::Template::ProcessDir

## AUTHOR

Jonathan Swartz \<swartz@pobox.com\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Jonathan Swartz.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.