NAME
version.pl - extracts module data from installed and uninstalled modules
SYNOPSIS
% version.pl DBI
% version.pl XML::Simple
% version.pl ~jonasbn/Develop/Games/Bingo/lib/Games/Bingo.pm
% version.pl version.pl
% version.pl /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1README
This script extracts module data from installed and uninstalled modules and script, targetting especially the version information.
DESCRIPTION
The script takes either a module name (SEE "SYNOPSIS"), a path to a Perl module, script file or a directory.
The script looks for a package definition and a version variable.
The script is quite simple, the Module::Info::File and Mattia Barbon's Module::Info holds all the interesting stuff.
In the beginning I was using Module::Info, but due to a lacking functionality in this module I created Module::Info::File, which inherits from Module::Info and replaces the new_from_file method so the lacking data can be accessed. Apart from that you can use all the neat accessors from Module::Info.
The script gives to kinds of input depending on how it was called:
For single modules, module og script files:
<modulename> located in <directory location> is version: <versions number>
Example:
Test::More located in /System/Library/Perl/5.8.1 is version: 0.47
Or when called with a directory as argument (one line per located module):
<module name> <tab> <version number>
Example:
DBI;1.38 Irssi;0.9 Mysql;1.2401 Bundle::DBI;11.03 Bundle::DBD::mysql;2.9002
SCRIPT CATEGORIES
Search
UNIX : System_administration
PREREQUISITES
OSNAMES
any
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
jonasbn <jonasbn@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT
version.pl is free software and is released under the Artistic License. See <http://www.perl.com/language/misc/Artistic.html> for details.
version.pl is (C) 2003-2004 Jonas B. Nielsen (jonasbn) <jonasbn@cpan.org>