1ExtUtils::Manifest(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationExtUtils::Manifest(3)
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6 ExtUtils::Manifest - Utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
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9 version 1.73
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12 use ExtUtils::Manifest qw(...funcs to import...);
13 mkmanifest();
15 my @missing_files = manicheck;
17 my @skipped = skipcheck;
18 my @extra_files = filecheck;
19 my($missing, $extra) = fullcheck;
20 my $found = manifind();
22 my $manifest = maniread();
24 manicopy($read,$target);
26 maniadd({$file => $comment, ...});
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30 ...
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33 ExtUtils::Manifest exports no functions by default. The following are
34 exported on request:
35 mkmanifest
37 mkmanifest();
38 Writes all files in and below the current directory to your MANIFEST.
40 It works similar to the result of the Unix command
41 find . > MANIFEST
43 All files that match any regular expression in a file MANIFEST.SKIP (if
45 it exists) are ignored.
46 Any existing MANIFEST file will be saved as MANIFEST.bak.
48 manifind
50 my $found = manifind();
51 returns a hash reference. The keys of the hash are the files found
53 below the current directory.
54 manicheck
56 my @missing_files = manicheck();
57 checks if all the files within a "MANIFEST" in the current directory
59 really do exist. If "MANIFEST" and the tree below the current directory
60 are in sync it silently returns an empty list. Otherwise it returns a
61 list of files which are listed in the "MANIFEST" but missing from the
62 directory, and by default also outputs these names to STDERR.
63 filecheck
65 my @extra_files = filecheck();
66 finds files below the current directory that are not mentioned in the
68 "MANIFEST" file. An optional file "MANIFEST.SKIP" will be consulted.
69 Any file matching a regular expression in such a file will not be
70 reported as missing in the "MANIFEST" file. The list of any extraneous
71 files found is returned, and by default also reported to STDERR.
72 fullcheck
74 my($missing, $extra) = fullcheck();
75 does both a manicheck() and a filecheck(), returning then as two array
77 refs.
78 skipcheck
80 my @skipped = skipcheck();
81 lists all the files that are skipped due to your "MANIFEST.SKIP" file.
83 maniread
85 my $manifest = maniread();
86 my $manifest = maniread($manifest_file);
87 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.
92 maniskip
94 my $skipchk = maniskip();
95 my $skipchk = maniskip($manifest_skip_file);
96 if ($skipchk->($file)) { .. }
98 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.
102 manicopy
104 manicopy(\%src, $dest_dir);
105 manicopy(\%src, $dest_dir, $how);
106 Copies the files that are the keys in %src to the $dest_dir. %src is
108 typically returned by the maniread() function.
109 manicopy( maniread(), $dest_dir );
111 This function is useful for producing a directory tree identical to the
113 intended distribution tree.
114 $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.
120 maniadd
122 maniadd({ $file => $comment, ...});
123 Adds an entry to an existing MANIFEST unless its already there.
125 $file will be normalized (ie. Unixified). UNIMPLEMENTED
127 MANIFEST
129 A list of files in the distribution, one file per line. The MANIFEST
130 always uses Unix filepath conventions even if you're not on Unix. This
131 means foo/bar style not foo\bar.
132 Anything between white space and an end of line within a "MANIFEST"
134 file is considered to be a comment. Any line beginning with # is also
135 a comment. Beginning with ExtUtils::Manifest 1.52, a filename may
136 contain whitespace characters if it is enclosed in single quotes;
137 single quotes or backslashes in that filename must be backslash-
138 escaped.
139 # this a comment
141 some/file
142 some/other/file comment about some/file
143 'some/third file' comment
144 MANIFEST.SKIP
146 The file MANIFEST.SKIP may contain regular expressions of files that
147 should be ignored by mkmanifest() and filecheck(). The regular
148 expressions should appear one on each line. Blank lines and lines which
149 start with "#" are skipped. Use "\#" if you need a regular expression
150 to start with a "#".
151 For example:
153 # Version control files and dirs.
155 \bRCS\b
156 \bCVS\b
157 ,v$
158 \B\.svn\b
159 # Makemaker generated files and dirs.
161 ^MANIFEST\.
162 ^Makefile$
163 ^blib/
164 ^MakeMaker-\d
165 # Temp, old and emacs backup files.
167 ~$
168 \.old$
169 ^#.*#$
170 ^\.#
171 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.
175 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.
179 #!include_default
181 This inserts the contents of the default MANIFEST.SKIP file
182 #!include /Path/to/another/manifest.skip
184 This inserts the contents of the specified external file
185 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.
190 EXPORT_OK
192 &mkmanifest, &manicheck, &filecheck, &fullcheck, &maniread, and
193 &manicopy are exportable.
194 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).
201 $ExtUtils::Manifest::Quiet defaults to 0. If set to a true value, all
203 functions act silently.
204 $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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209 All diagnostic output is sent to "STDERR".
210 "Not in MANIFEST:" file
212 is reported if a file is found which is not in "MANIFEST".
213 "Skipping" file
215 is reported if a file is skipped due to an entry in
216 "MANIFEST.SKIP".
217 "No such file:" file
219 is reported if a file mentioned in a "MANIFEST" file does not
220 exist.
221 "MANIFEST:" $!
223 is reported if "MANIFEST" could not be opened.
224 "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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230 PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG
231 Turns on debugging
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234 ExtUtils::MakeMaker which has handy targets for most of the
235 functionality.
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238 Andreas Koenig "andreas.koenig@anima.de"
239 Currently maintained by the Perl Toolchain Gang.
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243 This software is copyright (c) 1996- by Andreas Koenig.
244 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.
247perl v5.36.0 2023-01-20 ExtUtils::Manifest(3)