require ExtUtils::Manifest;
ExtUtils::Manifest::mkmanifest;
ExtUtils::Manifest::manicheck;
ExtUtils::Manifest::filecheck;
ExtUtils::Manifest::fullcheck;
ExtUtils::Manifest::skipcheck;
ExtUtild::Manifest::manifind();
ExtUtils::Manifest::maniread($file);
ExtUtils::Manifest::manicopy($read,$target,$how);
Mkmanifest()
writes all files in and below the current
directory to a file named in the global variable
$ExtUtils::Manifest::MANIFEST (which defaults to MANIFEST) in the current directory. It works similar to
find . -print
but in doing so checks each line in an existing MANIFEST file and includes any comments that are found in the existing MANIFEST file in the new one. Anything between white space and an end of line within
a MANIFEST file is considered to be a comment. Filenames and comments are seperated by one or more
TAB characters in the output. All files that match any regular expression in a file
MANIFEST.SKIP
(if such a file exists) are ignored.
Manicheck()
checks if all the files within a MANIFEST in the current directory really do exist. It only reports discrepancies and exits silently if
MANIFEST and the tree below the current directory are in sync.
Filecheck()
finds files below the current directory that are
not mentioned in the MANIFEST file. An optional file MANIFEST.SKIP
will be consulted. Any file matching a regular expression in such a file
will not be reported as missing in the MANIFEST file.
Fullcheck()
does both a manicheck()
and a
filecheck().
Skipcheck()
lists all the files that are skipped due to your
MANIFEST.SKIP
file.
Manifind()
retruns a hash reference. The keys of the hash are
the files found below the current directory.
Maniread($file)
reads a named MANIFEST file (defaults to
MANIFEST in the current directory) and returns a
HASH reference with files being the keys and comments being the values of the
HASH. Blank lines and lines which start with
#
in the MANIFEST file are discarded.
Manicopy($read,$target,$how) copies the files that are the keys in the
HASH %$read to the named target directory. The
HASH reference
$read is typically returned by the maniread()
function. This
function is useful for producing a directory tree identical to the intended
distribution tree. The third parameter $how
can be used to
specify a different methods of ``copying''. Valid values are cp, which actually copies the files, ln
which creates hard links, and
best
which mostly links the files but copies any symbolic link to make a tree
without any symbolic link. Best is the default.
mkmanifest()
and
filecheck().
The regular expressions should appear one on each
line. Blank lines and lines which start with #
are skipped. Use \#
if you need a regular expression to start with a sharp character.
A typical example:
\bRCS\b ^MANIFEST\. ^Makefile$ ~$ \.html$ \.old$ ^blib/ ^MakeMaker-\d
&mkmanifest
, &manicheck
, &filecheck
, &fullcheck
,
&maniread
, and &manicopy
are exportable.
$ExtUtils::Manifest::MANIFEST
defaults to MANIFEST. Changing it results in both a different MANIFEST and a different
MANIFEST.SKIP
file. This is useful if you want to maintain different distributions for different audiences (say a user version and a developer version including
RCS).
$ExtUtils::Manifest::Quiet
defaults to 0. If set to a true value, all functions act silently.
STDERR
.
MANIFEST.SKIP
.
mkmanifest()
if $Verbose
is set and a file is added to
MANIFEST. $Verbose
is set to 1 by default.