1ExtUtils::Manifest(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationExtUtils::Manifest(3)
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NAME

6       ExtUtils::Manifest - Utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
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VERSION

9       version 1.73
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SYNOPSIS

12           use ExtUtils::Manifest qw(...funcs to import...);
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14           mkmanifest();
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16           my @missing_files    = manicheck;
17           my @skipped          = skipcheck;
18           my @extra_files      = filecheck;
19           my($missing, $extra) = fullcheck;
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21           my $found    = manifind();
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23           my $manifest = maniread();
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25           manicopy($read,$target);
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27           maniadd({$file => $comment, ...});
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DESCRIPTION

30       ...
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FUNCTIONS

33       ExtUtils::Manifest exports no functions by default.  The following are
34       exported on request:
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36   mkmanifest
37           mkmanifest();
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39       Writes all files in and below the current directory to your MANIFEST.
40       It works similar to the result of the Unix command
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42           find . > MANIFEST
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44       All files that match any regular expression in a file MANIFEST.SKIP (if
45       it exists) are ignored.
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47       Any existing MANIFEST file will be saved as MANIFEST.bak.
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49   manifind
50           my $found = manifind();
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52       returns a hash reference. The keys of the hash are the files found
53       below the current directory.
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55   manicheck
56           my @missing_files = manicheck();
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58       checks if all the files within a "MANIFEST" in the current directory
59       really do exist. If "MANIFEST" and the tree below the current directory
60       are in sync it silently returns an empty list.  Otherwise it returns a
61       list of files which are listed in the "MANIFEST" but missing from the
62       directory, and by default also outputs these names to STDERR.
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64   filecheck
65           my @extra_files = filecheck();
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67       finds files below the current directory that are not mentioned in the
68       "MANIFEST" file. An optional file "MANIFEST.SKIP" will be consulted.
69       Any file matching a regular expression in such a file will not be
70       reported as missing in the "MANIFEST" file. The list of any extraneous
71       files found is returned, and by default also reported to STDERR.
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73   fullcheck
74           my($missing, $extra) = fullcheck();
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76       does both a manicheck() and a filecheck(), returning then as two array
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79   skipcheck
80           my @skipped = skipcheck();
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82       lists all the files that are skipped due to your "MANIFEST.SKIP" file.
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84   maniread
85           my $manifest = maniread();
86           my $manifest = maniread($manifest_file);
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88       reads a named "MANIFEST" file (defaults to "MANIFEST" in the current
89       directory) and returns a HASH reference with files being the keys and
90       comments being the values of the HASH.  Blank lines and lines which
91       start with "#" in the "MANIFEST" file are discarded.
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93   maniskip
94           my $skipchk = maniskip();
95           my $skipchk = maniskip($manifest_skip_file);
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97           if ($skipchk->($file)) { .. }
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99       reads a named "MANIFEST.SKIP" file (defaults to "MANIFEST.SKIP" in the
100       current directory) and returns a CODE reference that tests whether a
101       given filename should be skipped.
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103   manicopy
104           manicopy(\%src, $dest_dir);
105           manicopy(\%src, $dest_dir, $how);
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107       Copies the files that are the keys in %src to the $dest_dir.  %src is
108       typically returned by the maniread() function.
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110           manicopy( maniread(), $dest_dir );
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112       This function is useful for producing a directory tree identical to the
113       intended distribution tree.
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115       $how can be used to specify a different methods of "copying".  Valid
116       values are "cp", which actually copies the files, "ln" which creates
117       hard links, and "best" which mostly links the files but copies any
118       symbolic link to make a tree without any symbolic link.  "cp" is the
119       default.
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121   maniadd
122         maniadd({ $file => $comment, ...});
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124       Adds an entry to an existing MANIFEST unless its already there.
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126       $file will be normalized (ie. Unixified).  UNIMPLEMENTED
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128   MANIFEST
129       A list of files in the distribution, one file per line.  The MANIFEST
130       always uses Unix filepath conventions even if you're not on Unix.  This
131       means foo/bar style not foo\bar.
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133       Anything between white space and an end of line within a "MANIFEST"
134       file is considered to be a comment.  Any line beginning with # is also
135       a comment. Beginning with ExtUtils::Manifest 1.52, a filename may
136       contain whitespace characters if it is enclosed in single quotes;
137       single quotes or backslashes in that filename must be backslash-
138       escaped.
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140           # this a comment
141           some/file
142           some/other/file            comment about some/file
143           'some/third file'          comment
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145   MANIFEST.SKIP
146       The file MANIFEST.SKIP may contain regular expressions of files that
147       should be ignored by mkmanifest() and filecheck(). The regular
148       expressions should appear one on each line. Blank lines and lines which
149       start with "#" are skipped.  Use "\#" if you need a regular expression
150       to start with a "#".
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152       For example:
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154           # Version control files and dirs.
155           \bRCS\b
156           \bCVS\b
157           ,v$
158           \B\.svn\b
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160           # Makemaker generated files and dirs.
161           ^MANIFEST\.
162           ^Makefile$
163           ^blib/
164           ^MakeMaker-\d
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166           # Temp, old and emacs backup files.
167           ~$
168           \.old$
169           ^#.*#$
170           ^\.#
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172       If no MANIFEST.SKIP file is found, a default set of skips will be used,
173       similar to the example above.  If you want nothing skipped, simply make
174       an empty MANIFEST.SKIP file.
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176       In one's own MANIFEST.SKIP file, certain directives can be used to
177       include the contents of other MANIFEST.SKIP files. At present two such
178       directives are recognized.
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180       #!include_default
181           This inserts the contents of the default MANIFEST.SKIP file
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183       #!include /Path/to/another/manifest.skip
184           This inserts the contents of the specified external file
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186       The included contents will be inserted into the MANIFEST.SKIP file in
187       between #!start included /path/to/manifest.skip and #!end included
188       /path/to/manifest.skip markers.  The original MANIFEST.SKIP is saved as
189       MANIFEST.SKIP.bak.
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191   EXPORT_OK
192       &mkmanifest, &manicheck, &filecheck, &fullcheck, &maniread, and
193       &manicopy are exportable.
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195   GLOBAL VARIABLES
196       $ExtUtils::Manifest::MANIFEST defaults to "MANIFEST". Changing it
197       results in both a different "MANIFEST" and a different "MANIFEST.SKIP"
198       file. This is useful if you want to maintain different distributions
199       for different audiences (say a user version and a developer version
200       including RCS).
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202       $ExtUtils::Manifest::Quiet defaults to 0. If set to a true value, all
203       functions act silently.
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205       $ExtUtils::Manifest::Debug defaults to 0.  If set to a true value, or
206       if PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG is true, debugging output will be produced.
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DIAGNOSTICS

209       All diagnostic output is sent to "STDERR".
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211       "Not in MANIFEST:" file
212           is reported if a file is found which is not in "MANIFEST".
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214       "Skipping" file
215           is reported if a file is skipped due to an entry in
216           "MANIFEST.SKIP".
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218       "No such file:" file
219           is reported if a file mentioned in a "MANIFEST" file does not
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222       "MANIFEST:" $!
223           is reported if "MANIFEST" could not be opened.
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225       "Added to MANIFEST:" file
226           is reported by mkmanifest() if $Verbose is set and a file is added
227           to MANIFEST. $Verbose is set to 1 by default.
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ENVIRONMENT

230       PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG
231           Turns on debugging
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SEE ALSO

234       ExtUtils::MakeMaker which has handy targets for most of the
235       functionality.
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AUTHOR

238       Andreas Koenig "andreas.koenig@anima.de"
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240       Currently maintained by the Perl Toolchain Gang.
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243       This software is copyright (c) 1996- by Andreas Koenig.
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245       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
246       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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