ExtUtils::Helpers3pm
Various portability utilities for module builders
Usage
use ExtUtils::Helpers qw/make_executable split_like_shell/;unshift @ARGV, split_like_shell($ENV{PROGRAM_OPTS});write_script_to('Build');make_executable('Build');
Version
version 0.028
Overview
This module provides various portable helper functions for module building modules.
Functions
make_executable($filename)
This makes a perl script executable.
split_like_shell($string)
This function splits a string the same way as the local platform does.
detildefy($path)
This function substitutes a tilde at the start of a path with the users homedir in an appropriate manner.
man1_pagename($filename, $ext = $Config{man1ext})
Returns the man page filename for a script.
man3_pagename($filename, $basedir = 'lib', $ext = $Config{man3ext})
Returns the man page filename for a Perl library.
Acknowledgements
Olivier Mengué and Christian Walde made "make_executable" work on Windows.
Copyright and license
This software is copyright (c) 2004 by Ken Williams, Leon Timmermans.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
Releases
7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 4 times.