NAME
App::whichpm - locate a Perl module and it's version
SYNOPSIS
use App::whichpm 'which_pm';
my ($filename, $version) = which_pm('App::whichpm');
my $filename = App::whichpm::find('App::whichpm');
from shell:
whichpm App::whichpm
whichpm Universe::ObservableUniverse::Filament::SuperCluster::Cluster::Group::Galaxy::Arm::Bubble::InterstellarCloud::SolarSystem::Earth
DESCRIPTION
Loads a given module and reports it's location and version.
The similar function can be achieved via:
perldoc -l Some::Module
perl -MSome::Module -le 'print $INC{"Some/Module.pm"}'
perl -MSome::Module -le 'print Some::Module->VERSION'
pmpath Some::Module
pmvers Some::Module
EXPORTS
which_pm
same as "find" only exported under which_pm
name.
FUNCTIONS
find($module_name)
Loads the $module_name
.
In scalar context returns filename corresponding to $module_name
. In array context returns filename and version.
$module_name
can be either Some::Module::Name
or Some/Module/Name.pm
SEE ALSO
http://perlmonks.org/?node=whichpm, pmpath, Module::InstalledVersion, Module::Info
AUTHOR
Jozef Kutej
CONTRIBUTORS
The following people have contributed to the App::whichpm by committing their code, sending patches, reporting bugs, asking questions, suggesting useful advises, nitpicking, chatting on IRC or commenting on my blog (in no particular order):
Jerrad Pierce
Skye Shaw
Andreas Hadjiprocopis
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.
See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.