NAME

perltoc - perl documentation table of contents

DESCRIPTION

This page provides a brief table of contents for the rest of the Perl documentation set. It is meant to be be quickly scanned or grepped through to locate the proper section you're looking for.

BASIC DOCUMENTATION

perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Many usability enhancements, Simplified grammar, Lexical scoping, Arbitrarily nested data structures, Modularity and reusability, Object-oriented programming, Embeddable and Extensible, POSIX compliant, Package constructors and destructors, Multiple simultaneous DBM implementations, Subroutine definitions may now be autoloaded, Regular expression enhancements

ENVIRONMENT

HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5DB, PERLLIB

AUTHOR

FILES

SEE ALSO

DIAGNOSTICS

BUGS

NOTES

perldata - Perl data types

DESCRIPTION

Variable names

Context

Scalar values

Scalar value constructors

List value constructors

Typeglobs and FileHandles

perlsyn - Perl syntax

DESCRIPTION

Declarations

Simple statements

Compound statements

Loop Control

For Loops

Foreach Loops

Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements

Goto

PODs: Embedded Documentation

perlop - Perl operators and precedence

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Terms and List Operators (Leftward)

The Arrow Operator

Autoincrement and Autodecrement

Exponentiation

Symbolic Unary Operators

Binding Operators

Multiplicative Operators

Additive Operators

Shift Operators

Named Unary Operators

Relational Operators

Equality Operators

Bitwise And

Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or

C-style Logical And

C-style Logical Or

Range Operator

Conditional Operator

Assignment Operators

Comma Operator

List Operators (Rightward)

Logical Not

Logical And

Logical or and Exclusive Or

C Operators Missing From Perl

unary &, unary *, (TYPE)

Quote and Quotelike Operators

Regexp Quotelike Operators

?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/gimosx, /PATTERN/gimosx, q/STRING/, 'STRING', qq/STRING/, "STRING", qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/, s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds

I/O Operators

Constant Folding

Integer arithmetic

perlre - Perl regular expressions

DESCRIPTION

Regular Expressions

(?#text), (?:regexp), (?=regexp), (?!regexp), (?imsx)

Backtracking

Version 8 Regular Expressions

WARNING on \1 vs $1

perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Switches

-0digits, -a, -c, -d, -d:foo, -Dnumber, -Dlist, -e commandline, -Fregexp, -iextension, -Idirectory, -loctnum, -mmodule, -Mmodule, -n, -p, -P, -s, -S, -T, -u, -U, -v, -V, -V:name, -w, -x directory

perlfunc - Perl builtin functions

DESCRIPTION

Perl Functions by Category

Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching, Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data, Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories, Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network info, Time-related functions

Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions

-X FILEHANDLE, -X EXPR, -X, abs VALUE, accept NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME, bless REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE, chomp LIST, chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop LIST, chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER, chroot FILENAME, close FILEHANDLE, closedir DIRHANDLE, connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose ASSOC_ARRAY, dbmopen ASSOC,DBNAME,MODE, defined EXPR, delete EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, each ASSOC_ARRAY, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, format, formline PICTURE, LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin, getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservb

perlvar - Perl predefined variables

DESCRIPTION

Predefined Names

$ARG, $_, $<digit>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $', $LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $MULTILINE_MATCHING, $*, input_line_number HANDLE EXPR, $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $, input_record_separator HANDLE EXPR, $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/, autoflush HANDLE EXPR, $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|, output_field_separator HANDLE EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,, output_record_separator HANDLE EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS, $\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $OFMT, $#, format_page_number HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%, format_lines_per_page HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=, format_lines_left HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, format_name HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_NAME, $~, format_top_name HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^, format_line_break_characters HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, format_formfeed HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, $OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, $EVAL_ERROR, $@, $PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<,

perlsub - Perl subroutines

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Private Variables via my()

Temporary Values via local()

Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)

Pass by Reference

Prototypes

Overriding Builtin Functions

Autoloading

SEE ALSO

perlmod - Perl modules (packages)

DESCRIPTION

Packages

Symbol Tables

Package Constructors and Destructors

Perl Classes

Perl Modules

NOTE

THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY

Pragmatic Modules

diagnostics, integer, less, overload, sigtrap, strict, subs

Standard Modules

AnyDBM_File, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, Benchmark, Carp, Config, Cwd, DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber, DynaLoader, English, Env, Exporter, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::Manifest, ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Miniperl, Fcntl, File::Basename, File::CheckTree, File::Find, FileHandle, File::Path, Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, I18N::Collate, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, Net::Ping, POSIX, SelfLoader, Safe, Socket, Test::Harness, Text::Abbrev

Extension Modules

CPAN

Language Extensions and Documentation Tools, Development Support, Operating System Interfaces, Networking, Device Control (modems) and InterProcess Communication, Data Types and Data Type Utilities, Database Interfaces, User Interfaces, Interfaces to / Emulations of Other Programming Languages, File Names, File Systems and File Locking (see also File Handles), String Processing, Language Text Processing, Parsing and Searching, Option, Argument, Parameter and Configuration File Processing, Internationalization and Locale, Authentication, Security and Encryption, World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, CGI, MIME, Server and Daemon Utilities, Archiving and Compression, Images, Pixmap and Bitmap Manipulation, Drawing and Graphing, Mail and Usenet News, Control Flow Utilities (callbacks and exceptions etc), File Handle and Input/Output Stream Utilities, Miscellaneous Modules

Modules: Creation, Use and Abuse

Guidelines for Module Creation

Do similar modules already exist in some form?, Try to design the new module to be easy to extend and reuse, Some simple style guidelines, Select what to export, Select a name for the module, Have you got it right?, README and other Additional Files, A description of the module/package/extension etc, A copyright notice - see below, Prerequisites - what else you may need to have, How to build it - possible changes to Makefile.PL etc, How to install it, Recent changes in this release, especially incompatibilities, Changes / enhancements you plan to make in the future, Adding a Copyright Notice, Give the module a version/issue/release number, How to release and distribute a module, Take care when changing a released module

Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules

There is no requirement to convert anything, Consider the implications, Make the most of the opportunity, The pl2pm utility will get you started, Adds the standard Module prologue lines, Converts package specifiers from ' to ::, Converts die(...) to croak(...), Several other minor changes

Guidelines for Reusing Application Code

Complete applications rarely belong in the Perl Module Library, Many applications contain some perl code which could be reused, Break-out the reusable code into one or more separate module files, Take the opportunity to reconsider and redesign the interfaces, In some cases the 'application' can then be reduced to a small

perlref - Perl references and nested data structures

DESCRIPTION

Symbolic references

Not-so-symbolic references

WARNING

SEE ALSO

perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook

DESCRIPTION

arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes, more elaborate constructs, recursive and self-referential data structures, objects

REFERENCES

COMMON MISTAKES

CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE

WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS use strict

DEBUGGING

CODE EXAMPLES

LISTS OF LISTS

Declaration of a LIST OF LISTS

Generation of a LIST OF LISTS

Access and Printing of a LIST OF LISTS

HASHES OF LISTS

Declaration of a HASH OF LISTS

Generation of a HASH OF LISTS

Access and Printing of a HASH OF LISTS

LISTS OF HASHES

Declaration of a LIST OF HASHES

Generation of a LIST OF HASHES

Access and Printing of a LIST OF HASHES

HASHES OF HASHES

Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES

Generation of a HASH OF HASHES

Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES

MORE ELABORATE RECORDS

Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS

Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS

Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS

Database Ties

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

perllol, perlLoL - Manipulating Lists of Lists in Perl

DESCRIPTION

Declaration and Access of Lists of Lists

Growing Your Own

Access and Printing

Slices

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

perlobj - Perl objects

DESCRIPTION

An Object is Simply a Reference

A Class is Simply a Package

A Method is Simply a Subroutine

Method Invocation

Destructors

WARNING

Summary

Two-Phased Garbage Collection

SEE ALSO

perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Tying Scalars

TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, DESTROY this

Tying Arrays

TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value, DESTROY this

Tying Hashes

USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, DESTROY this

Tying FileHandles

SEE ALSO

BUGS

AUTHOR

perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)

DESCRIPTION

OO SCALING TIPS

INSTANCE VARIABLES

SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES

INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE

OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS

OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS

USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM

THINKING OF CODE REUSE

CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT

INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR

DELEGATION

perldebug - Perl debugging

DESCRIPTION

Debugging

h, T, s, n, f, c, c line, <CR>, l min+incr, l min-max, l line, l, -, w line, l subname, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S, t, b line [ condition ], b subname [ condition ], d line, D, a line command, A, < command, > command, V package [symbols], X [symbols], ! number, ! -number, H -number, q or ^D, command, p expr

Customization

Other resources

BUGS

perldiag - various Perl diagnostics

DESCRIPTION

perlform - Perl formats

DESCRIPTION

Format Variables

NOTES

Footers

Accessing Formatting Internals

WARNING

perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes, safe subprocceses, sockets, and semaphores)

DESCRIPTION

Signals

Named Pipes

Using open() for IPC

Safe Pipe Opens

Bidirectional Communication

Sockets: Client/Server Communication

Internet TCP Clients and Servers

Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers

UDP: Message Passing

SysV IPC

WARNING

NOTES

BUGS

AUTHOR

SEE ALSO

perlsec - Perl security

DESCRIPTION

perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary

DESCRIPTION

Awk Traps

C Traps

Sed Traps

Shell Traps

Perl Traps

Perl4 Traps

perlstyle - Perl style guide

DESCRIPTION

perlxs - XS language reference manual

DESCRIPTION

Introduction

On The Road

The Anatomy of an XSUB

The Argument Stack

The RETVAL Variable

The MODULE Keyword

The PACKAGE Keyword

The PREFIX Keyword

The OUTPUT: Keyword

The CODE: Keyword

The INIT: Keyword

The NO_INIT Keyword

Initializing Function Parameters

Default Parameter Values

The PREINIT: Keyword

The INPUT: Keyword

Variable-length Parameter Lists

The PPCODE: Keyword

Returning Undef And Empty Lists

The REQUIRE: Keyword

The CLEANUP: Keyword

The BOOT: Keyword

The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword

The PROTOTYPES: Keyword

The PROTOTYPE: Keyword

The ALIAS: Keyword

The INCLUDE: Keyword

The CASE: Keyword

The & Unary Operator

Inserting Comments and C Preprocessor Directives

Using XS With C++

Interface Strategy

Perl Objects And C Structures

The Typemap

EXAMPLES

XS VERSION

AUTHOR

perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for XSUB's

DESCRIPTION

VERSION CAVEAT

DYNAMIC VERSUS STATIC

EXAMPLE 1

EXAMPLE 2

WHAT HAS GONE ON?

EXAMPLE 3

WHAT'S NEW HERE?

INPUT AND OUTPUT PARAMETERS

THE XSUBPP COMPILER

THE TYPEMAP FILE

WARNING

SPECIFYING ARGUMENTS TO XSUBPP

THE ARGUMENT STACK

EXTENDING YOUR EXTENSION

DOCUMENTING YOUR EXTENSION

INSTALLING YOUR EXTENSION

SEE ALSO

Author

Last Changed

perlguts - Perl's Internal Functions

DESCRIPTION

Datatypes

What is an "IV"?

Working with SV's

What's Really Stored in an SV?

Working with AV's

Working with HV's

References

Blessed References and Class Objects

Creating New Variables

XSUB's and the Argument Stack

Mortality

Stashes

Magic

Assigning Magic

Magic Virtual Tables

Finding Magic

Double-Typed SV's

Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs

Memory Allocation

API LISTING

AvFILL, av_clear, av_extend, av_fetch, av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift, CLASS, Copy, croak, CvSTASH, DBsingle, DBsub, dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, dXSARGS, ENTER, EXTEND, FREETMPS, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, GIMME, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv, GvSV, he_free, hv_clear, hv_delete, hv_exists, hv_fetch, hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv, hv_iterval, hv_magic, HvNAME, hv_store, hv_undef, isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, items, LEAVE, MARK, mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_len, mg_magical, mg_set, Move, na, New, Newc, Newz, newAV, newHV, newRV, newSV, newSViv, newSVnv, newSVpv, newSVrv, newSVsv, newXS, newXSproto, Nullav, Nullch, Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv, ORIGMARK, perl_alloc, perl_call_argv, perl_call_method, perl_call_pv, perl_call_sv, perl_construct, perl_destruct, perl_eval_sv, perl_free, perl_get_av, perl_get_cv, perl_get_hv, perl_get_sv, perl_parse, perl_require_pv, perl_run, POPi, POPl, POPp, POPn, POPs,

AUTHOR

DATE

perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C

DESCRIPTION

An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program

THE PERL_CALL FUNCTIONS

perl_call_sv, perl_call_pv, perl_call_method, perl_call_argv

FLAG VALUES

G_SCALAR

G_ARRAY

G_DISCARD

G_NOARGS

G_EVAL

G_KEEPERR

Determining the Context

KNOWN PROBLEMS

EXAMPLES

No Parameters, Nothing returned

Passing Parameters

Returning a Scalar

Returning a list of values

Returning a list in a scalar context

Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list

Using G_EVAL

Using G_KEEPERR

Using perl_call_sv

Using perl_call_argv

Using perl_call_method

Using GIMME

Using Perl to dispose of temporaries

Strategies for storing Callback Context Information

1. Ignore the problem - Allow only 1 callback, 2. Create a sequence of callbacks - hard wired limit, 3. Use a parameter to map to the Perl callback

Alternate Stack Manipulation

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

DATE

perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program

DESCRIPTION

PREAMBLE

Use C from Perl?, Use a UNIX program from Perl?, Use Perl from Perl?, Use C from C?, Use Perl from C?

ROADMAP

Compiling your C program

Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program

Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program

Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program

Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program

MORAL

AUTHOR

perlpod - plain old documentation

DESCRIPTION

Embedding Pods in Perl Modules

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

perlbook - Perl book information

DESCRIPTION

PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION

diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning diagnostics

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The diagnostics Pragma

The splain Program

EXAMPLES

INTERNALS

BUGS

AUTHOR

integer - Perl pragma to compute arithmetic in integer instead of double

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

lib - manipulate @INC at compile time

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

ADDING DIRECTORIES TO @INC

DELETING DIRECTORIES FROM @INC

RESTORING ORIGINAL @INC

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

overload - Package for overloading perl operations

SYNOPSIS

CAVEAT SCRIPTOR

DESCRIPTION

Declaration of overloaded functions

Calling Conventions for Binary Operations

FALSE, TRUE, undef

Calling Conventions for Unary Operations

Overloadable Operations

Arithmetic operations, Comparison operations, Bit operations, Increment and decrement, Transcendental functions, Boolean, string and numeric conversion, Special

SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR use overload

Last Resort

Fallback

undef, TRUE, defined, but FALSE

Copy Constructor

Example

MAGIC AUTOGENERATION

Assignment forms of arithmetic operations, Conversion operations, Increment and decrement, abs($a), Unary minus, Concatenation, Comparison operations, Copy operator

WARNING

Run-time Overloading

Public functions

overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)

IMPLEMENTATION

AUTHOR

DIAGNOSTICS

BUGS

sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable stack backtrace on unexpected signals

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

strict refs, strict vars, strict subs

subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

MODULE DOCUMENTATION

AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

DBM Comparisons

[0], [1], [2], [3]

SEE ALSO

AutoLoader - load functions only on demand

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Benchmark - benchmark running times of code

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Methods

new, debug

Standard Exports

timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis, timethese, timediff, timestr

Optional Exports

NOTES

INHERITANCE

CAVEATS

AUTHORS

MODIFICATION HISTORY

Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Cwd, getcwd - get pathname of current working directory

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

DB_HASH, DB_BTREE, DB_RECNO

How does DB_File interface to Berkeley DB?

Differences with Berkeley DB

RECNO

In Memory Databases

Using the Berkeley DB Interface Directly

get, put, del, fd, seq, sync

EXAMPLES

Using HASH

Using BTREE

Using RECNO

Locking Databases

HISTORY

WARNINGS

BUGS

AVAILABILITY

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(), dl_load_file(), dl_find_symbol(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(), boostrap()

AUTHOR

English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Env - perl module that imports environment variables

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

AUTHOR

Exporter - Implements default import method for modules

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Selecting What To Export

Specialised Import Lists

Module Version Checking

Managing Unknown Symbols

Tag Handling Utility Functions

ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

For static extensions, For dynamic extensions, For dynamic extensions

EXTRALIBS

LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH

BSLOADLIBS

PORTABILITY

SEE ALSO

ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker

DESCRIPTION

ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

METHODS

Preloaded methods

catdir, catfile, nicetext, libscan, exescan, lsdir, path, replace_manpage_separator, file_name_is_absolute, prefixify, maybe_command_in_dirs, maybe_command, perl_script

SelfLoaded methods

guess_name, init_main, init_dirscan, init_others, find_perl

Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile

post_initialize, const_config, constants, const_loadlibs, const_cccmd, tool_autosplit, tool_xsubpp, tools_other, dist, macro, depend, post_constants, pasthru, c_o, xs_c, xs_o, top_targets, linkext, dlsyms, dynamic, dynamic_bs, dynamic_lib, static, static_lib, installpm, installpm_x, manifypods, processPL, installbin, subdirs, subdir_x, clean, realclean, dist_basics, dist_core, dist_dir, dist_test, dist_ci, install, force, perldepend, makefile, staticmake, test, test_via_harness, test_via_script, postamble, makeaperl, extliblist, dir_target, needs_linking, has_link_code, writedoc

SEE ALSO

ExtUtils::MM_VMS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker

DESCRIPTION

ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Hintsfile support

What's new in version 5 of MakeMaker

Incompatibilities between MakeMaker 5.00 and 4.23

Default Makefile Behaviour

make test

make install

PREFIX attribute

AFS users

Static Linking of a new Perl Binary

Determination of Perl Library and Installation Locations

Useful Default Makefile Macros

Using Attributes and Parameters

C, CONFIG, CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DIR, DISTNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, H, INC, INSTALLARCHLIB, INSTALLBIN, INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB, INSTALLSITELIB, INSTALLSITEARCH, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_EXE, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR, INST_MAN3DIR, LDFROM, LIBPERL_A, LIBS, LINKTYPE, MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET, MYEXTLIB, NAME, NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, OBJECT, PERL, PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB, PERL_SRC, PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS, PREFIX, PREREQ, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VERSION, VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION

Additional lowercase attributes

clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, installpm, linkext, macro, realclean, tool_autosplit

Overriding MakeMaker Methods

Distribution Support

make distcheck,    make skipcheck,    make distclean,    make
manifest,    make distdir,    make tardist,    make dist,    make
uutardist,    make shdist,    make ci

AUTHORS

MODIFICATION HISTORY

TODO

ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

MANIFEST.SKIP

EXPORT_OK

GLOBAL VARIABLES

DIAGNOSTICS

Not in MANIFEST: file, No such file: file, MANIFEST: $!, Added to MANIFEST: file

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap - make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

ExtUtils::Mksymlists - write linker options files for dynamic extension

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

NAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, FILE, FUNCLIST, DLBASE

AUTHOR

REVISION

Fcntl - load the C Fcntl.h defines

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

NOTE

File::Basename, Basename - parse file specifications

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

fileparse_set_fstype, fileparse

EXAMPLES

basename, dirname

File::CheckTree, validate - run many filetest checks on a tree

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

File::Find, find - traverse a file tree

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

File::Path - create or remove a series of directories

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

AUTHORS

REVISION

FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

BUGS

FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

$fh->print, $fh->printf, $fh->getline, $fh->getlines

SEE ALSO

BUGS

GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

AVAILABILITY

BUGS

SEE ALSO

Getopt::Long, GetOptions - extended processing of command line options

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

<none>, !, =s, :s, =i, :i, =f, :f

Linkage specification

Aliases and abbreviations

Non-option call-back routine

Option starters

Return value

COMPATIBILITY

EXAMPLES

CONFIGURATION VARIABLES

$Getopt::Long::autoabbrev, $Getopt::Long::getopt_compat, $Getopt::Long::order, $Getopt::Long::ignorecase, $Getopt::Long::VERSION, $Getopt::Long::error, $Getopt::Long::debug

Getopt::Std, getopt - Process single-character switches with switch clustering

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

IPC::Open2, open2 - open a process for both reading and writing

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

WARNING

SEE ALSO

IPC::Open3, open3 - open a process for reading, writing, and error handling

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Net::Ping, pingecho - check a host for upness

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Parameters

hostname, timeout

WARNING

POSIX - Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

NOTE

CAVEATS

FUNCTIONS

_exit, abort, abs, access, acos, alarm, asctime, asin, assert, atan, atan2, atexit, atof, atoi, atol, bsearch, calloc, ceil, chdir, chmod, chown, clearerr, clock, close, closedir, cos, cosh, creat, ctermid, ctime, cuserid, difftime, div, dup, dup2, errno, execl, execle, execlp, execv, execve, execvp, exit, exp, fabs, fclose, fcntl, fdopen, feof, ferror, fflush, fgetc, fgetpos, fgets, fileno, floor, fmod, fopen, fork, fpathconf, fprintf, fputc, fputs, fread, free, freopen, frexp, fscanf, fseek, fsetpos, fstat, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv, geteuid, getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid, getppid, getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha, isatty, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace, isupper, isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime, log, log10, longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr, memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice, offsetof, open, opendir, pat

CLASSES

POSIX::SigAction

new

POSIX::SigSet

new, addset, delset, emptyset, fillset, ismember

POSIX::Termios

new, getattr, getcc, getcflag, getiflag, getispeed, getlflag, getoflag, getospeed, setattr, setcc, setcflag, setiflag, setispeed, setlflag, setoflag, setospeed, Baud rate values, Terminal interface values, c_cc field values, c_cflag field values, c_iflag field values, c_lflag field values, c_oflag field values

PATHNAME CONSTANTS

Constants

POSIX CONSTANTS

Constants

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

Constants

ERRNO

Constants

FCNTL

Constants

FLOAT

Constants

LIMITS

Constants

LOCALE

Constants

MATH

Constants

SIGNAL

Constants

STAT

Constants, Macros

STDLIB

Constants

STDIO

Constants

TIME

Constants

UNISTD

Constants

WAIT

Constants, Macros

CREATION

Pod::Text - convert POD data to formatted ASCII text

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

AUTHOR

TODO

Safe - Safe extension module for Perl

DESCRIPTION

a new namespace, an operator mask

Operator masks

Methods in class Safe

NAMESPACE, MASK, root (NAMESPACE), mask (MASK), trap (OP, ...), untrap (OP, ...), share (VARNAME, ...), varglob (VARNAME), reval (STRING), rdo (FILENAME)

Subroutines in package Safe

ops_to_mask (OP, ...), mask_to_ops (MASK), opcode (OP, ...), opname (OP, ...), fullmask, emptymask, MAXO, op_mask

AUTHOR

Search::Dict, look - search for key in dictionary file

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

SelectSaver - save and restore selected file handle

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

SelfLoader - load functions only on demand

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The __DATA__ token

SelfLoader autoloading

Autoloading and package lexicals

SelfLoader and AutoLoader

__DATA__, __END__, and the FOOBAR::DATA filehandle.

Classes and inherited methods.

Multiple packages and fully qualified subroutine names

Socket, sockaddr_in, sockaddr_un, inet_aton, inet_ntoa - load the C socket.h defines and structure manipulators

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

inet_aton HOSTNAME, inet_ntoa IP_ADDRESS, INADDR_ANY, INADDR_LOOPBACK, INADDR_NONE, sockaddr_in PORT, ADDRESS, sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, pack_sockaddr_in PORT, IP_ADDRESS, unpack_sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, sockaddr_un PATHNAME, sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN, pack_sockaddr_un PATH, unpack_sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN

Symbol - manipulate Perl symbols and their names

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Sys::Hostname - Try every conceivable way to get hostname

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

AUTHOR

Syslog, Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog - Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $mask, $format, @args, setlogmask $mask_priority, closelog

EXAMPLES

DEPENDENCIES

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

Term::Cap - Perl termcap interface

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLES

Term::Complete - Perl word completion module

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

<tab>Attempts word completion. Cannot be changed, ^D, ^U, <del>, <bs>

DIAGNOSTICS

BUGS

AUTHOR

Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various readline packages. If no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Minimal set of supported functions

ReadLine, new, readline, addhistory, IN, $OUT, MinLine, findConsole, Features

EXPORTS

Test::Harness - run perl standard test scripts with statistics

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The test script output

EXPORT

DIAGNOSTICS

All tests successful.\nFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s, FAILED tests %s\n\tFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay., Test returned status %d (wstat %d), Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s, Failed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay. %s

SEE ALSO

AUTHORS

BUGS

Text::Abbrev, abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLE

Text::Soundex - Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as Described by Knuth

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLES

LIMITATIONS

AUTHOR

Text::Tabs -- expand and unexpand tabs

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

AUTHOR

Text::Wrap -- wrap text into a paragraph

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

AUTHOR

Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash - base class definitions for tied hashes

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

TIEHASH classname, LIST, STORE this, key, value, FETCH this, key, FIRSTKEY this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this

CAVEATS

MORE INFORMATION

Tie::Scalar, Tie::StdScalar - base class definitions for tied scalars

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, DESTROY this

MORE INFORMATION

Tie::SubstrHash - Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

CAVEATS

Time::Local - efficiently compute tome from local and GMT time

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

AUXILIARY DOCUMENTATION

Here should be listed all the extra program's docs, but they don't all have man pages yet:

a2p

s2p

find2perl

h2ph

c2ph

h2xs

xsubpp

pod2man

wrapsuid

AUTHOR

Larry Wall <<lwall@sems.com>, with the help of oodles of other folks.

cpanm lib

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install lib