• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• METHODS
  • CleanEnv
  • GetCurrentUser
  • loc
  • GetMessageContent

NAME

  RT::Interface::CLI - helper functions for creating a commandline RT interface

SYNOPSIS

  use lib "/path/to/rt/libraries/";

  use RT::Interface::CLI  qw(CleanEnv 
                           GetCurrentUser GetMessageContent loc);

  #Clean out all the nasties from the environment
  CleanEnv();

  #let's talk to RT'
  use RT;

  #Load RT's config file
  RT::LoadConfig();

  # Connect to the database. set up loggign
  RT::Init();

  #Get the current user all loaded
  my $CurrentUser = GetCurrentUser();

  print loc('Hello!'); # Synonym of $CuurentUser->loc('Hello!');

DESCRIPTION

METHODS

CleanEnv

Removes some of the nastiest nasties from the user's environment.

GetCurrentUser

  Figures out the uid of the current user and returns an RT::CurrentUser object
loaded with that user.  if the current user isn't found, returns a copy of RT::Nobody.

loc

  Synonym of $CurrentUser->loc().

GetMessageContent

Takes two arguments a source file and a boolean "edit". If the source file is undef or "", assumes an empty file. Returns an edited file as an array of lines.