NAME

AutoConf::Utils - Collection of useful utilities used across multiple autoconf-template-perl scripts.

SYNOPSIS

use AutoConf::Utils qw(find_files_of_type);

DESCRIPTION

Useful utilities collected here to reduce the bulk and increase maintainability in autoconf-template-perl scripts.

METHODS AND SUBROUTINES

find_files_of_type

filed_files_of_type(args)

Traverses a path looking for files of a given type. Returns a list of absolute paths to the files found. Accepts of hash of arguments described below.

• path

  Absolute (or relative) path to search. Note that files are returned with their absolute paths regardless of whether path is relative or absolute.

• type

  Type (extension without .) of the files to find.

  Example: 'pm'

• ext

  Additional extension to include in search for type (typically .in).

• exclude_dirs

  Array of directories to skip.

• strip_in

  Boolean that indicates .in extensions should be removed.

Example:

my @files = find_files_of_type(
  type => 'pm',
  ext  => '.in',
  path => $path,
);

AUTHOR

Rob Lauer - <rlauer@usgn.net>