ExtUtils::Command::MM(3p) | Perl Programmers Reference Guide | ExtUtils::Command::MM(3p)

# NAME

ExtUtils::Command::MM - Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles

# SYNOPSIS

      perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" -e "function" "--" arguments...

# DESCRIPTION

FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY! The interface is not stable.

ExtUtils::Command::MM encapsulates code which would otherwise have to be done with large "one" liners.

Any $(FOO) used in the examples are make variables, not Perl.

test_harness

        test_harness($verbose, @test_libs);

  Runs the tests on @ARGV via Test::Harness passing through the $verbose flag. Any @test_libs will be unshifted onto the test's @INC.

  @test_libs are run in alphabetical order.

pod2man

        pod2man( '--option=value',
                 $podfile1 => $manpage1,
                 $podfile2 => $manpage2,
                 ...
               );
        # or args on @ARGV

  pod2man() is a function performing most of the duties of the pod2man program. Its arguments are exactly the same as pod2man as of 5.8.0 with the addition of:

          --perm_rw   octal permission to set the resulting manpage to

  And the removal of:

          --verbose/-v
          --help/-h

  If no arguments are given to pod2man it will read from @ARGV.

  If Pod::Man is unavailable, this function will warn and return undef.

warn_if_old_packlist

        perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" -e warn_if_old_packlist <somefile>

  Displays a warning that an old packlist file was found. Reads the filename from @ARGV.

perllocal_install

          perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" -e perllocal_install
              <type> <module name> <key> <value> ...
          # VMS only, key|value pairs come on STDIN
          perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" -e perllocal_install
              <type> <module name> < <key>|<value> ...

  Prints a fragment of POD suitable for appending to perllocal.pod. Arguments are read from @ARGV.

  'type' is the type of what you're installing. Usually 'Module'.

  'module name' is simply the name of your module. (Foo::Bar)

  Key/value pairs are extra information about the module. Fields include:

          installed into      which directory your module was out into
          LINKTYPE            dynamic or static linking
          VERSION             module version number
          EXE_FILES           any executables installed in a space separated
                              list

uninstall

          perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" -e uninstall <packlist>

  A wrapper around ExtUtils::Install::uninstall(). Warns that uninstallation is deprecated and doesn't actually perform the uninstallation.

test_s

         perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" -e test_s <file>

  Tests if a file exists and is not empty (size > 0). Exits with 0 if it does, 1 if it does not.

cp_nonempty

        perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" -e cp_nonempty <srcfile> <dstfile> <perm>

  Tests if the source file exists and is not empty (size > 0). If it is not empty it copies it to the given destination with the given permissions.

2024-05-14 | perl v5.40.1