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- <H1><A NAME="name">NAME</A></H1>
- <P>ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="supportedplatforms">SUPPORTED PLATFORMS</A></H1>
- <UL>
- <LI>Linux</LI>
- <LI>Solaris</LI>
- <LI>Windows</LI>
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- <H1><A NAME="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A></H1>
- <PRE>
- require ExtUtils::Manifest;</PRE>
- <PRE>
- ExtUtils::Manifest::mkmanifest;</PRE>
- <PRE>
- ExtUtils::Manifest::manicheck;</PRE>
- <PRE>
- ExtUtils::Manifest::filecheck;</PRE>
- <PRE>
- ExtUtils::Manifest::fullcheck;</PRE>
- <PRE>
- ExtUtils::Manifest::skipcheck;</PRE>
- <PRE>
- ExtUtils::Manifest::manifind();</PRE>
- <PRE>
- ExtUtils::Manifest::maniread($file);</PRE>
- <PRE>
- ExtUtils::Manifest::manicopy($read,$target,$how);</PRE>
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- <H1><A NAME="description">DESCRIPTION</A></H1>
- <P><CODE>mkmanifest()</CODE> writes all files in and below the current directory to a
- file named in the global variable $ExtUtils::Manifest::MANIFEST (which
- defaults to <CODE>MANIFEST</CODE>) in the current directory. It works similar to</P>
- <PRE>
- find . -print</PRE>
- <P>but in doing so checks each line in an existing <CODE>MANIFEST</CODE> file and
- includes any comments that are found in the existing <CODE>MANIFEST</CODE> file
- in the new one. Anything between white space and an end of line within
- a <CODE>MANIFEST</CODE> file is considered to be a comment. Filenames and
- comments are separated by one or more TAB characters in the
- output. All files that match any regular expression in a file
- <CODE>MANIFEST.SKIP</CODE> (if such a file exists) are ignored.</P>
- <P><CODE>manicheck()</CODE> checks if all the files within a <CODE>MANIFEST</CODE> in the
- current directory really do exist. It only reports discrepancies and
- exits silently if MANIFEST and the tree below the current directory
- are in sync.</P>
- <P><CODE>filecheck()</CODE> finds files below the current directory that are not
- mentioned in the <CODE>MANIFEST</CODE> file. An optional file <CODE>MANIFEST.SKIP</CODE>
- will be consulted. Any file matching a regular expression in such a
- file will not be reported as missing in the <CODE>MANIFEST</CODE> file.</P>
- <P><CODE>fullcheck()</CODE> does both a <CODE>manicheck()</CODE> and a filecheck().</P>
- <P><CODE>skipcheck()</CODE> lists all the files that are skipped due to your
- <CODE>MANIFEST.SKIP</CODE> file.</P>
- <P><CODE>manifind()</CODE> returns a hash reference. The keys of the hash are the
- files found below the current directory.</P>
- <P><CODE>maniread($file)</CODE> reads a named <CODE>MANIFEST</CODE> file (defaults to
- <CODE>MANIFEST</CODE> in the current directory) and returns a HASH reference
- with files being the keys and comments being the values of the HASH.
- Blank lines and lines which start with <CODE>#</CODE> in the <CODE>MANIFEST</CODE> file
- are discarded.</P>
- <P><CODE>manicopy($read,$target,$how)</CODE> copies the files that are the keys in
- the HASH <EM>%$read</EM> to the named target directory. The HASH reference
- $read is typically returned by the <CODE>maniread()</CODE> function. This
- function is useful for producing a directory tree identical to the
- intended distribution tree. The third parameter $how can be used to
- specify a different methods of ``copying''. Valid values are <CODE>cp</CODE>,
- which actually copies the files, <CODE>ln</CODE> which creates hard links, and
- <CODE>best</CODE> which mostly links the files but copies any symbolic link to
- make a tree without any symbolic link. Best is the default.</P>
- <P>
- <HR>
- <H1><A NAME="manifest.skip">MANIFEST.SKIP</A></H1>
- <P>The file MANIFEST.SKIP may contain regular expressions of files that
- should be ignored by <CODE>mkmanifest()</CODE> and filecheck(). The regular
- expressions should appear one on each line. Blank lines and lines
- which start with <CODE>#</CODE> are skipped. Use <CODE>\#</CODE> if you need a regular
- expression to start with a sharp character. A typical example:</P>
- <PRE>
- \bRCS\b
- ^MANIFEST\.
- ^Makefile$
- ~$
- \.html$
- \.old$
- ^blib/
- ^MakeMaker-\d</PRE>
- <P>
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- <H1><A NAME="export_ok">EXPORT_OK</A></H1>
- <P><CODE>&mkmanifest</CODE>, <CODE>&manicheck</CODE>, <CODE>&filecheck</CODE>, <CODE>&fullcheck</CODE>,
- <CODE>&maniread</CODE>, and <CODE>&manicopy</CODE> are exportable.</P>
- <P>
- <HR>
- <H1><A NAME="global variables">GLOBAL VARIABLES</A></H1>
- <P><CODE>$ExtUtils::Manifest::MANIFEST</CODE> defaults to <CODE>MANIFEST</CODE>. Changing it
- results in both a different <CODE>MANIFEST</CODE> and a different
- <CODE>MANIFEST.SKIP</CODE> file. This is useful if you want to maintain
- different distributions for different audiences (say a user version
- and a developer version including RCS).</P>
- <P><CODE>$ExtUtils::Manifest::Quiet</CODE> defaults to 0. If set to a true value,
- all functions act silently.</P>
- <P>
- <HR>
- <H1><A NAME="diagnostics">DIAGNOSTICS</A></H1>
- <P>All diagnostic output is sent to <CODE>STDERR</CODE>.</P>
- <DL>
- <DT><STRONG><A NAME="item_Not_in_MANIFEST%3A_file"><CODE>Not in MANIFEST:</CODE> <EM>file</EM></A></STRONG><BR>
- <DD>
- is reported if a file is found, that is missing in the <CODE>MANIFEST</CODE>
- file which is excluded by a regular expression in the file
- <CODE>MANIFEST.SKIP</CODE>.
- <P></P>
- <DT><STRONG><A NAME="item_No_such_file%3A_file"><CODE>No such file:</CODE> <EM>file</EM></A></STRONG><BR>
- <DD>
- is reported if a file mentioned in a <CODE>MANIFEST</CODE> file does not
- exist.
- <P></P>
- <DT><STRONG><A NAME="item_MANIFEST%3A_%24%21"><CODE>MANIFEST:</CODE> <EM>$!</EM></A></STRONG><BR>
- <DD>
- is reported if <CODE>MANIFEST</CODE> could not be opened.
- <P></P>
- <DT><STRONG><A NAME="item_Added_to_MANIFEST%3A_file"><CODE>Added to MANIFEST:</CODE> <EM>file</EM></A></STRONG><BR>
- <DD>
- is reported by <CODE>mkmanifest()</CODE> if $Verbose is set and a file is added
- to MANIFEST. $Verbose is set to 1 by default.
- <P></P></DL>
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- <H1><A NAME="see also">SEE ALSO</A></H1>
- <P><A HREF="../../lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.html">the ExtUtils::MakeMaker manpage</A> which has handy targets for most of the functionality.</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="author">AUTHOR</A></H1>
- <P>Andreas Koenig <<EM><A HREF="mailto:koenig@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE">koenig@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE</A></EM>></P>
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