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=head1 NAME
Module::Dependency - Collection of modules for examining dependencies between parents and children, like Perl files
=head1 SYNOPSIS
(See the README file that came with the distribution for a thorough overview
and introduction of what this software does)
A set of pure-perl modules and helper programs that let you build a database
of the dependency links between a collection of Perl files, and then query that 
database, even producing text, HTML, PostScript or graphical reports.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The database in question is actually a simple Storable image of a Perl data structure,
and you can create as many of these as you want. You can use the command-line tools, or
write your own Perl to query and manipulate the data however you want.
The README and README.* files are the place to start if you've not used this software
before.
=head1 WHAT THE MODULES DO
=over 4
=item Module::Dependency::Indexer
This module is used to create a database file for a collection of Perl source files.
It doesn't eval or execute any code, but uses regexps to find dependencies.
=item Module::Dependency::Info
A module used to query the database.
=item Module::Dependency::Grapher
This module is used to create textual and graphical reports of dependencies.
=back
=head1 PREREQUISITES
You'll need: Storable, File::Find, File::Spec - all of which are standard with Perl 5.6.
Optionally, if you have certain other modules you can do more: 
If you want image output you'll need GD.
If you want PostScript output you'll need PostScript::Simple.
If you want SVG output you'll need the SVG module.
If you want to be able to index modules that use the 'base' pragma, as in
'use base qw(Foo);' you'll need Safe (standard with Perl 5.6).
=head1 VERSION
$Rev: 6562 $
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