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Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l .nh .SH NAME parl \- Binary PAR Loader .SH SYNOPSIS .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" (Please see pp for convenient ways to make self-contained executables, scripts or PAR archives from perl programs.) .PP To make a \fIPAR distribution\fR from a CPAN module distribution: .PP .Vb 2 \& % parl \-p # make a PAR dist under the current path \& % parl \-p Foo\-0.01 # assume unpacked CPAN dist in Foo\-0.01/ .Ve .PP To manipulate a \fIPAR distribution\fR: .PP .Vb 6 \& % parl \-i Foo\-0.01\-i386\-freebsd\-5.8.0.par # install \& % parl \-i http://foo.com/Foo\-0.01 # auto\-appends archname + perlver \& % parl \-i cpan://AUTRIJUS/PAR\-0.74 # uses CPAN author directory \& % parl \-u Foo\-0.01\-i386\-freebsd\-5.8.0.par # uninstall \& % parl \-s Foo\-0.01\-i386\-freebsd\-5.8.0.par # sign \& % parl \-v Foo\-0.01\-i386\-freebsd\-5.8.0.par # verify .Ve .PP To use \fIHello.pm\fR from \fI./foo.par\fR: .PP .Vb 2 \& % parl \-A./foo.par \-MHello \& % parl \-A./foo \-MHello # the .par part is optional .Ve .PP Same thing, but search \fIfoo.par\fR in the \fR\f(CI@INC\fR\fI\fR; .PP .Vb 2 \& % parl \-Ifoo.par \-MHello \& % parl \-Ifoo \-MHello # ditto .Ve .PP Run \fItest.pl\fR or \fIscript/test.pl\fR from \fIfoo.par\fR: .PP .Vb 2 \& % parl foo.par test.pl # looks for \*(Aqmain.pl\*(Aq by default, \& # otherwise run \*(Aqtest.pl\*(Aq .Ve .PP To make a self-containing executable containing a PAR file : .PP .Vb 2 \& % parl \-O./foo foo.par \& % ./foo test.pl # same as above .Ve .PP To embed the necessary non-core modules and shared objects for PAR's execution (like \f(CW\*(C`Zlib\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`IO\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`Cwd\*(C'\fR, etc), use the \fB\-b\fR flag: .PP .Vb 2 \& % parl \-b \-O./foo foo.par \& % ./foo test.pl # runs anywhere with core modules installed .Ve .PP If you also wish to embed \fIcore\fR modules along, use the \fB\-B\fR flag instead: .PP .Vb 2 \& % parl \-B \-O./foo foo.par \& % ./foo test.pl # runs anywhere with the perl interpreter .Ve .PP This is particularly useful when making stand-alone binary executables; see pp for details. .SH DESCRIPTION .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" This stand-alone command offers roughly the same feature as \f(CW\*(C`perl \&\-MPAR\*(C'\fR, except that it takes the pre-loaded \fI.par\fR files via \&\f(CW\*(C`\-Afoo.par\*(C'\fR instead of \f(CW\*(C`\-MPAR=foo.par\*(C'\fR. .PP Additionally, it lets you convert a CPAN distribution to a PAR distribution, as well as manipulate such distributions. For more information about PAR distributions, see PAR::Dist. .PP You can use it to run \fI.par\fR files: .PP .Vb 3 \& # runs script/run.pl in archive, uses its lib/* as libraries \& % parl myapp.par run.pl # runs run.pl or script/run.pl in myapp.par \& % parl otherapp.pl # also runs normal perl scripts .Ve .PP However, if the \fI.par\fR archive contains either \fImain.pl\fR or \&\fIscript/main.pl\fR, it is used instead: .PP .Vb 1 \& % parl myapp.par run.pl # runs main.pl, with \*(Aqrun.pl\*(Aq as @ARGV .Ve .PP Finally, the \f(CW\*(C`\-O\*(C'\fR option makes a stand-alone binary executable from a PAR file: .PP .Vb 2 \& % parl \-B \-Omyapp myapp.par \& % ./myapp # run it anywhere without perl binaries .Ve .PP With the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-par\-options\*(C'\fR flag, generated binaries can act as \f(CW\*(C`parl\*(C'\fR to pack new binaries: .PP .Vb 2 \& % ./myapp \-\-par\-options \-Omyap2 myapp.par # identical to ./myapp \& % ./myapp \-\-par\-options \-Omyap3 myap3.par # now with different PAR .Ve .PP For an explanation of stand-alone executable format, please see par.pl. .SH "SEE ALSO" .IX Header "SEE ALSO" PAR, PAR::Dist, par.pl, pp .SH AUTHORS .IX Header "AUTHORS" Audrey Tang .PP You can write to the mailing list at , or send an empty mail to to participate in the discussion. Archives of the mailing list are available at or . .PP Please submit bug reports to . .SH COPYRIGHT .IX Header "COPYRIGHT" Copyright 2002\-2009 by Audrey Tang . .PP Neither this program nor the associated pp program impose any licensing restrictions on files generated by their execution, in accordance with the 8th article of the Artistic License: .PP .Vb 5 \& "Aggregation of this Package with a commercial distribution is \& always permitted provided that the use of this Package is embedded; \& that is, when no overt attempt is made to make this Package\*(Aqs \& interfaces visible to the end user of the commercial distribution. \& Such use shall not be construed as a distribution of this Package." .Ve .PP Therefore, you are absolutely free to place any license on the resulting executable, as long as the packed 3rd\-party libraries are also available under the Artistic License. .PP This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. .PP See \fILICENSE\fR.