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ExtUtils-Helpers-0.001
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/ ExtUtils::Helpers

NAME

ExtUtils::Helpers - Various portability utilities for module builders

VERSION

version 0.001

SYNOPSIS

use ExtUtils::Helpers qw/build_script make_executable split_like_shell/;

unshift @ARGV, split_like_shell($ENV{PROGRAM_OPTS});
write_script_to(build_script());
make_executable(build_script());

DESCRIPTION

This module provides various portable helper functions for module building modules.

FUNCTIONS

build_script()

This function returns the appropriate name for the Build script on the local platform.

make_executable($filename)

This makes a perl script executable.

split_like_shell

This function splits a string the same way as the local platform does.

AUTHORS

  • Ken Williams <kwilliams@cpan.org>

  • Leon Timmermans <leont@cpan.org>

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.