NAME
Perl::Portable - Support code for "Perl on a Stick"
DESCRIPTION
THIS MODULE IS HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
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"Portable" is a term used for applications that are installed onto a portable storage device (most commonly a USB memory stick) rather than onto a single host.
This technique has become very popular for Windows applications, as it allows a user to make use of their own software on typical publically accessible computers at libraries, hotels and internet cafes.
Converting a Windows application into portable form has a specific set of challenges, as the application has no access to the Windows registry, no access to "My Documents" type directories, and does not exist at a reliable filesystem path (because the portable storage medium can be mounted at an arbitrary volume or filesystem location).
Perl::Portable provides a methodology and implementation to support the creating of "Portable Perl" distributions. While this will initially be focused on a Windows implementation, wherever possible the module will be built to be platform-agnostic.
For now, see the code for more...
SUPPORT
Bugs should be reported via the CPAN bug tracker.
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Perl-Portable
For other issues, or commercial support, contact the author.
AUTHOR
Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>
SEE ALSO
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2008 Adam Kennedy.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.