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Regexp::Common::URI::pop(3)          User Contributed Perl Documentation         Regexp::Common::URI::pop(3)



NAME
       Regexp::Common::URI::pop -- Returns a pattern for POP URIs.

SYNOPSIS
           use Regexp::Common qw /URI/;

           while (<>) {
               /$RE{URI}{POP}/       and  print "Contains a POP URI.\n";
           }

DESCRIPTION
       $RE{URI}{POP}

       Returns a pattern that matches POP URIs, as defined by RFC 2384.  POP URIs have the form:

           "pop:" "//" [ user [ ";AUTH" ( "*" | auth_type ) ] "@" ]
                         host [ ":" port ]

       Under "{-keep}", the following are returned:

       $1  The complete URI.

       $2  The scheme.

       $3  The user, if given.

       $4  The authentication type, if given (could be a *).

       $5  The host.

       $6  The port, if given.

REFERENCES
       [RFC 2384]
           Gellens, R.: POP URL Scheme. August 1998.

HISTORY
        $Log: pop.pm,v $
        Revision 2.100  2003/03/25 23:10:23  abigail
        POP URIs

SEE ALSO
       Regexp::Common::URI for other supported URIs.

AUTHOR
       Abigail. (regexp-common@abigail.nl).

BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
       Bound to be plenty.

COPYRIGHT
          Copyright (c) 2003, Damian Conway and Abigail. All Rights Reserved.
              This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
             and/or modified under the terms of the Perl Artistic License
                   (see http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html)



perl v5.8.8                                      2003-03-25                      Regexp::Common::URI::pop(3)