1ExtUtils::Helpers(3)  User Contributed Perl Documentation ExtUtils::Helpers(3)
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NAME

6       ExtUtils::Helpers - Various portability utilities for module builders
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VERSION

9       version 0.026
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SYNOPSIS

12        use ExtUtils::Helpers qw/make_executable split_like_shell/;
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14        unshift @ARGV, split_like_shell($ENV{PROGRAM_OPTS});
15        write_script_to('Build');
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DESCRIPTION

19       This module provides various portable helper functions for module
20       building modules.
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FUNCTIONS

23   make_executable($filename)
24       This makes a perl script executable.
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26   split_like_shell($string)
27       This function splits a string the same way as the local platform does.
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29   detildefy($path)
30       This function substitutes a tilde at the start of a path with the users
31       homedir in an appropriate manner.
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33   man1_pagename($filename)
34       Returns the man page filename for a script.
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36   man3_pagename($filename, $basedir)
37       Returns the man page filename for a Perl library.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

40       Olivier Mengué and Christian Walde made "make_executable" work on
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AUTHORS

44       •   Ken Williams <kwilliams@cpan.org>
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46       •   Leon Timmermans <leont@cpan.org>
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49       This software is copyright (c) 2004 by Ken Williams, Leon Timmermans.
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51       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
52       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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56perl v5.34.0                      2021-07-22              ExtUtils::Helpers(3)
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