inc::ExtUtils::ManifesUser Contributed Perl Documentinc::ExtUtils::Manifest(3)
NAME
ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
SYNOPSIS
use ExtUtils::Manifest qw(...funcs to import...);
mkmanifest();
my @missing_files = manicheck;
my @skipped = skipcheck;
my @extra_files = filecheck;
my($missing, $extra) = fullcheck;
my $found = manifind();
my $manifest = maniread();
manicopy($read,$target);
maniadd({$file => $comment, ...});
DESCRIPTION
Functions
ExtUtils::Manifest exports no functions by default. The following are exported on
request
mkmanifest
mkmanifest();
Writes all files in and below the current directory to your MANIFEST. It works
similar to
find . > MANIFEST
All files that match any regular expression in a file MANIFEST.SKIP (if it
exists) are ignored.
Any existing MANIFEST file will be saved as MANIFEST.bak. Lines from the old
MANIFEST file is preserved, including any comments that are found in the exist-
ing MANIFEST file in the new one.
manifind
my $found = manifind();
returns a hash reference. The keys of the hash are the files found below the
current directory.
manicheck
my @missing_files = manicheck();
checks if all the files within a "MANIFEST" in the current directory really do
exist. If "MANIFEST" and the tree below the current directory are in sync it
silently returns an empty list. Otherwise it returns a list of files which are
listed in the "MANIFEST" but missing from the directory, and by default also
outputs these names to STDERR.
filecheck
my @extra_files = filecheck();
finds files below the current directory that are not mentioned in the "MANI-
FEST" file. An optional file "MANIFEST.SKIP" will be consulted. Any file
matching a regular expression in such a file will not be reported as missing in
the "MANIFEST" file. The list of any extraneous files found is returned, and by
default also reported to STDERR.
fullcheck
my($missing, $extra) = fullcheck();
does both a manicheck() and a filecheck(), returning then as two array refs.
skipcheck
my @skipped = skipcheck();
lists all the files that are skipped due to your "MANIFEST.SKIP" file.
maniread
my $manifest = maniread();
my $manifest = maniread($manifest_file);
reads a named "MANIFEST" file (defaults to "MANIFEST" 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 "#" in the "MANI-
FEST" file are discarded.
manicopy
manicopy(\%src, $dest_dir);
manicopy(\%src, $dest_dir, $how);
Copies the files that are the keys in %src to the $dest_dir. %src is typically
returned by the maniread() function.
manicopy( maniread(), $dest_dir );
This function is useful for producing a directory tree identical to the
intended distribution tree.
$how can be used to specify a different methods of "copying". Valid values are
"cp", which actually copies the files, "ln" which creates hard links, and
"best" which mostly links the files but copies any symbolic link to make a tree
without any symbolic link. "cp" is the default.
maniadd
maniadd({ $file => $comment, ...});
Adds an entry to an existing MANIFEST unless its already there.
$file will be normalized (ie. Unixified). UNIMPLEMENTED
MANIFEST
A list of files in the distribution, one file per line. The MANIFEST always uses
Unix filepath conventions even if you’re not on Unix. This means foo/bar style not
foo\bar.
Anything between white space and an end of line within a "MANIFEST" file is consid-
ered to be a comment. Any line beginning with # is also a comment.
# this a comment
some/file
some/other/file comment about some/file
MANIFEST.SKIP
The file MANIFEST.SKIP may contain regular expressions of files that should be
ignored by mkmanifest() and filecheck(). The regular expressions should appear one
on each line. Blank lines and lines which start with "#" are skipped. Use "\#" if
you need a regular expression to start with a "#".
For example:
# Version control files and dirs.
\bRCS\b
\bCVS\b
,v$
\B\.svn\b
# Makemaker generated files and dirs.
^MANIFEST\.
^Makefile$
^blib/
^MakeMaker-\d
# Temp, old and emacs backup files.
~$
\.old$
^#.*#$
^\.#
If no MANIFEST.SKIP file is found, a default set of skips will be used, similar to
the example above. If you want nothing skipped, simply make an empty MANIFEST.SKIP
file.
In one’s own MANIFEST.SKIP file, certain directives can be used to include the con-
tents of other MANIFEST.SKIP files. At present two such directives are recognized.
#!include_default
This inserts the contents of the default MANIFEST.SKIP file
#!include /Path/to/another/manifest.skip
This inserts the contents of the specified external file
The included contents will be inserted into the MANIFEST.SKIP file in between
#!start included /path/to/manifest.skip and #!end included /path/to/manifest.skip
markers. The original MANIFEST.SKIP is saved as MANIFEST.SKIP.bak.
EXPORT_OK
&mkmanifest, &manicheck, &filecheck, &fullcheck, &maniread, and &manicopy are
exportable.
GLOBAL VARIABLES
$ExtUtils::Manifest::MANIFEST defaults to "MANIFEST". Changing it results in both a
different "MANIFEST" and a different "MANIFEST.SKIP" file. This is useful if you
want to maintain different distributions for different audiences (say a user ver-
sion and a developer version including RCS).
$ExtUtils::Manifest::Quiet defaults to 0. If set to a true value, all functions act
silently.
$ExtUtils::Manifest::Debug defaults to 0. If set to a true value, or if
PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG is true, debugging output will be produced.
DIAGNOSTICS
All diagnostic output is sent to "STDERR".
"Not in MANIFEST:" file
is reported if a file is found which is not in "MANIFEST".
"Skipping" file
is reported if a file is skipped due to an entry in "MANIFEST.SKIP".
"No such file:" file
is reported if a file mentioned in a "MANIFEST" file does not exist.
"MANIFEST:" $!
is reported if "MANIFEST" could not be opened.
"Added to MANIFEST:" file
is reported by mkmanifest() if $Verbose is set and a file is added to MANIFEST.
$Verbose is set to 1 by default.
ENVIRONMENT
PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG
Turns on debugging
SEE ALSO
ExtUtils::MakeMaker which has handy targets for most of the functionality.
AUTHOR
Andreas Koenig "andreas.koenig AT anima.de"
Maintained by Michael G Schwern "schwern AT pobox.com" within the ExtUtils-MakeMaker
package and, as a separate CPAN package, by Randy Kobes "r.kobes AT uwinnipeg.ca".
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