ExtUtils::Helpers(3)  User Contributed Perl Documentation ExtUtils::Helpers(3)


NAME
       ExtUtils::Helpers - Various portability utilities for module builders

VERSION
       version 0.026

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

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

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

FUNCTIONS
   make_executable($filename)
       This makes a perl script executable.

   split_like_shell($string)
       This function splits a string the same way as the local platform does.

   detildefy($path)
       This function substitutes a tilde at the start of a path with the users
       homedir in an appropriate manner.

   man1_pagename($filename)
       Returns the man page filename for a script.

   man3_pagename($filename, $basedir)
       Returns the man page filename for a Perl library.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       Olivier Mengue and Christian Walde made "make_executable" work on
       Windows.

AUTHORS
       o   Ken Williams <kwilliams@cpan.org>

       o   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.

perl v5.38.0                      2023-07-25              ExtUtils::Helpers(3)