{
    "mode": "perldoc",
    "parameter": "ExtUtils::MM_Win32",
    "section": "",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/ExtUtils%3A%3AMM_Win32/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-12T12:58:04Z",
    "synopsis": "use ExtUtils::MMWin32; # Done internally by ExtUtils::MakeMaker if needed",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "ExtUtils::MMWin32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "use ExtUtils::MMWin32; # Done internally by ExtUtils::MakeMaker if needed\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "See ExtUtils::MMUnix for a documentation of the methods provided there. This package overrides\nthe implementation of these methods, not the semantics.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "Overridden methods",
                    "content": "dlsyms\nxsdlsymsext\nOn Win32, is \".def\".\n\nreplacemanpageseparator\nChanges the path separator with .\n\nmaybecommand\nSince Windows has nothing as simple as an executable bit, we check the file extension.\n\nThe PATHEXT env variable will be used to get a list of extensions that might indicate a\ncommand, otherwise .com, .exe, .bat and .cmd will be used by default.\n\ninitDIRFILESEP\nUsing \\ for Windows, except for \"gmake\" where it is /.\n\ninittools\nOverride some of the slower, portable commands with Windows specific ones.\n\ninitothers\nOverride the default link and compile tools.\n\nLDLOADLIBS's default is changed to $Config{libs}.\n\nAdjustments are made for Borland's quirks needing -L to come first.\n\ninitplatform\nAdd MMWin32VERSION.\n\nplatformconstants\nspecifyshell\nSet SHELL to $ENV{COMSPEC} only if make is type 'gmake'.\n\nconstants\nAdd MAXLINELENGTH for dmake before all the constants are output.\n\nspecialtargets\nAdd .USESHELL target for dmake.\n\nstaticlibpurecmd\nDefines how to run the archive utility\n\ndynamiclib\nMethods are overridden here: not dynamiclib itself, but the utility ones that do the\nOS-specific work.\n\nextracleanfiles\nClean out some extra dll.{base,exp} files which might be generated by gcc. Otherwise, take\nout all *.pdb files.\n\ninitlinker\nperlscript\nChecks for the perl program under several common perl extensions.\n\nquotedep\nxsobjopt\nOverride to fixup -o flags for MSVC.\n\npasthru\nAll we send is -nologo to nmake to prevent it from printing its damned banner.\n\narchcheck (override)\nNormalize all arguments for consistency of comparison.\n\noneliner\nThese are based on what command.com does on Win98. They may be wrong for other Windows\nshells, I don't know.\n\ncd  dmake can handle Unix style cd'ing but nmake (at least 1.5) cannot. It wants:\n\ncd dir1\\dir2\ncommand\nanothercommand\ncd ..\\..\n\nmaxexeclen\nnmake 1.50 limits command length to 2048 characters.\n\nosflavor\nWindows is Win32.\n\ndbgoutflag\nReturns a CC flag that tells the CC to emit a separate debugging symbol file when compiling\nan object file.\n\ncflags\nDefines the PERLDLL symbol if we are configured for static building since all code destined\nfor the perl5xx.dll must be compiled with the PERLDLL symbol defined.\n\nmaketype\nReturns a suitable string describing the type of makefile being written.\n"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "summary": "ExtUtils::MMWin32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}