1ExtUtils::Manifest(3pm)Perl Programmers Reference GuideExtUtils::Manifest(3pm)
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6 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
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9 use ExtUtils::Manifest qw(...funcs to import...);
10 mkmanifest();
12 my @missing_files = manicheck;
14 my @skipped = skipcheck;
15 my @extra_files = filecheck;
16 my($missing, $extra) = fullcheck;
17 my $found = manifind();
19 my $manifest = maniread();
21 manicopy($read,$target);
23 maniadd({$file => $comment, ...});
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27 Functions
28 ExtUtils::Manifest exports no functions by default. The following are
29 exported on request
30 mkmanifest
32 mkmanifest();
33 Writes all files in and below the current directory to your
35 MANIFEST. It works similar to the result of the Unix command
36 find . > MANIFEST
38 All files that match any regular expression in a file MANIFEST.SKIP
40 (if it exists) are ignored.
41 Any existing MANIFEST file will be saved as MANIFEST.bak.
43 manifind
45 my $found = manifind();
46 returns a hash reference. The keys of the hash are the files found
48 below the current directory.
49 manicheck
51 my @missing_files = manicheck();
52 checks if all the files within a "MANIFEST" in the current
54 directory really do exist. If "MANIFEST" and the tree below the
55 current directory are in sync it silently returns an empty list.
56 Otherwise it returns a list of files which are listed in the
57 "MANIFEST" but missing from the directory, and by default also
58 outputs these names to STDERR.
59 filecheck
61 my @extra_files = filecheck();
62 finds files below the current directory that are not mentioned in
64 the "MANIFEST" file. An optional file "MANIFEST.SKIP" will be
65 consulted. Any file matching a regular expression in such a file
66 will not be reported as missing in the "MANIFEST" file. The list of
67 any extraneous files found is returned, and by default also
68 reported to STDERR.
69 fullcheck
71 my($missing, $extra) = fullcheck();
72 does both a manicheck() and a filecheck(), returning then as two
74 array refs.
75 skipcheck
77 my @skipped = skipcheck();
78 lists all the files that are skipped due to your "MANIFEST.SKIP"
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81 maniread
83 my $manifest = maniread();
84 my $manifest = maniread($manifest_file);
85 reads a named "MANIFEST" file (defaults to "MANIFEST" in the
87 current directory) and returns a HASH reference with files being
88 the keys and comments being the values of the HASH. Blank lines
89 and lines which start with "#" in the "MANIFEST" file are
90 discarded.
91 maniskip
93 my $skipchk = maniskip();
94 my $skipchk = maniskip($manifest_skip_file);
95 if ($skipchk->($file)) { .. }
97 reads a named "MANIFEST.SKIP" file (defaults to "MANIFEST.SKIP" in
99 the current directory) and returns a CODE reference that tests
100 whether a given filename should be skipped.
101 manicopy
103 manicopy(\%src, $dest_dir);
104 manicopy(\%src, $dest_dir, $how);
105 Copies the files that are the keys in %src to the $dest_dir. %src
107 is typically returned by the maniread() function.
108 manicopy( maniread(), $dest_dir );
110 This function is useful for producing a directory tree identical to
112 the intended distribution tree.
113 $how can be used to specify a different methods of "copying".
115 Valid values are "cp", which actually copies the files, "ln" which
116 creates hard links, and "best" which mostly links the files but
117 copies any symbolic link to make a tree without any symbolic link.
118 "cp" is the default.
119 maniadd
121 maniadd({ $file => $comment, ...});
122 Adds an entry to an existing MANIFEST unless its already there.
124 $file will be normalized (ie. Unixified). UNIMPLEMENTED
126 MANIFEST
128 A list of files in the distribution, one file per line. The MANIFEST
129 always uses Unix filepath conventions even if you're not on Unix. This
130 means foo/bar style not foo\bar.
131 Anything between white space and an end of line within a "MANIFEST"
133 file is considered to be a comment. Any line beginning with # is also
134 a comment. Beginning with ExtUtils::Manifest 1.52, a filename may
135 contain whitespace characters if it is enclosed in single quotes;
136 single quotes or backslashes in that filename must be backslash-
137 escaped.
138 # this a comment
140 some/file
141 some/other/file comment about some/file
142 'some/third file' comment
143 MANIFEST.SKIP
145 The file MANIFEST.SKIP may contain regular expressions of files that
146 should be ignored by mkmanifest() and filecheck(). The regular
147 expressions should appear one on each line. Blank lines and lines which
148 start with "#" are skipped. Use "\#" if you need a regular expression
149 to start with a "#".
150 For example:
152 # Version control files and dirs.
154 \bRCS\b
155 \bCVS\b
156 ,v$
157 \B\.svn\b
158 # Makemaker generated files and dirs.
160 ^MANIFEST\.
161 ^Makefile$
162 ^blib/
163 ^MakeMaker-\d
164 # Temp, old and emacs backup files.
166 ~$
167 \.old$
168 ^#.*#$
169 ^\.#
170 If no MANIFEST.SKIP file is found, a default set of skips will be used,
172 similar to the example above. If you want nothing skipped, simply make
173 an empty MANIFEST.SKIP file.
174 In one's own MANIFEST.SKIP file, certain directives can be used to
176 include the contents of other MANIFEST.SKIP files. At present two such
177 directives are recognized.
178 #!include_default
180 This inserts the contents of the default MANIFEST.SKIP file
181 #!include /Path/to/another/manifest.skip
183 This inserts the contents of the specified external file
184 The included contents will be inserted into the MANIFEST.SKIP file in
186 between #!start included /path/to/manifest.skip and #!end included
187 /path/to/manifest.skip markers. The original MANIFEST.SKIP is saved as
188 MANIFEST.SKIP.bak.
189 EXPORT_OK
191 &mkmanifest, &manicheck, &filecheck, &fullcheck, &maniread, and
192 &manicopy are exportable.
193 GLOBAL VARIABLES
195 $ExtUtils::Manifest::MANIFEST defaults to "MANIFEST". Changing it
196 results in both a different "MANIFEST" and a different "MANIFEST.SKIP"
197 file. This is useful if you want to maintain different distributions
198 for different audiences (say a user version and a developer version
199 including RCS).
200 $ExtUtils::Manifest::Quiet defaults to 0. If set to a true value, all
202 functions act silently.
203 $ExtUtils::Manifest::Debug defaults to 0. If set to a true value, or
205 if PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG is true, debugging output will be produced.
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208 All diagnostic output is sent to "STDERR".
209 "Not in MANIFEST:" file
211 is reported if a file is found which is not in "MANIFEST".
212 "Skipping" file
214 is reported if a file is skipped due to an entry in
215 "MANIFEST.SKIP".
216 "No such file:" file
218 is reported if a file mentioned in a "MANIFEST" file does not
219 exist.
220 "MANIFEST:" $!
222 is reported if "MANIFEST" could not be opened.
223 "Added to MANIFEST:" file
225 is reported by mkmanifest() if $Verbose is set and a file is added
226 to MANIFEST. $Verbose is set to 1 by default.
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229 PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG
230 Turns on debugging
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233 ExtUtils::MakeMaker which has handy targets for most of the
234 functionality.
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237 Andreas Koenig "andreas.koenig@anima.de"
238 Maintained by Michael G Schwern "schwern@pobox.com" within the
240 ExtUtils-MakeMaker package and, as a separate CPAN package, by Randy
241 Kobes "r.kobes@uwinnipeg.ca".
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