ZoneMi...General(3pm)

💖 ZoneMinder::General — ok bestie, let's get into it 💖

So this is a Perl manpage from the User Contributed Perl Documentation collection, section 3pm. The page header up top literally just says ZoneMi...General(3pm) (yes, truncated like that, the terminal did its little truncation thing, we love that for it), and the whole thing is about the module ZoneMinder::General. Buckle up, it's short but it's iconic. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ZoneMinder::General — Utility Functions for ZoneMinder. That's it. That's the whole name. Slay. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Wanna use it? You just do this, bestie:

use ZoneMinder::General;

And that's the entire synopsis. Chef's kiss. 🧚

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so listen. This module is holding all the common definitions and functions that the rest of the ZoneMinder scripts use. Like, it's the group chat everyone's in — the shared toolbox, the communal vibe. Everything else in ZoneMinder-land leans on this. 💜

✨ EXPORT ✨

Here's the full list of functions this module exports, no gatekeeping, all of them, exactly as written:

functions => [ qw(
  executeShellCommand
  getCmdFormat
  runCommand
  setFileOwner
  createEventPath
  createEvent
  makePath
  jsonEncode
  jsonDecode
  packageControl
  daemonControl
  systemStatus
  ) ]

That's thirteen functions in one little qw() list. The way that executeShellCommand is sitting right there at the top of the roster… main character energy, fr fr. 👑

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✨ AUTHOR ✨

This masterpiece was brought to you by Philip Coombes, who you can reach at <philip.coombes@zoneminder.com>. Say thank you to the author, bestie. 🫶

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✨ COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE ✨

Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Philip Coombes

Okay so this part is the legal bit and I'm not gonna water it down, because it actually matters. Reading it carefully. Periodt.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

That address is a real one, copy it exactly if you're mailing anything, don't be out here paraphrasing legal text. 💀

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🌈 that's a wrap 🌈

This page came from perl version v5.40.1, dated 2026-02-01, and it lives in the ZoneMinder::General(3pm) slot in the manual. Go read it again if you need to, she's short and she's perfect. Bye bestie, mwah! 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶