extutils::command(3)
NAME
ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX com
mands in Makefiles etc.
SYNOPSIS
perl -MExtUtils::Command -e cat files... > destination perl -MExtUtils::Command -e mv source... destination perl -MExtUtils::Command -e cp source... destination perl -MExtUtils::Command -e touch files... perl -MExtUtils::Command -e rm_f file... perl -MExtUtils::Command -e rm_rf directories... perl -MExtUtils::Command -e mkpath directories... perl -MExtUtils::Command -e eqtime source destination perl -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod mode files... perl -MExtUtils::Command -e test_f file
DESCRIPTION
- The module is used to replace common UNIX commands. In
all cases the functions work from @ARGV rather than taking
arguments. This makes them easier to deal with in Make
files. - perl -MExtUtils::Command -e some_command some files to
- work on
- NOT
perl -MExtUtils::Command -e 'some_command qw(some files- to work on)'
- Filenames with * and ? will be glob expanded.
- cat Concatenates all files mentioned on command line to
- STDOUT.
- eqtime src dst
- Sets modified time of dst to that of src
- rm_rf files....
- Removes directories - recursively (even if readonly)
- rm_f files....
- Removes files (even if readonly)
- touch files ...
- Makes files exist, with current timestamp
- mv source... destination
- Moves source to destination. Multiple sources are
allowed if destination is an existing directory. - cp source... destination
- Copies source to destination. Multiple sources are
allowed if destination is an existing directory. - chmod mode files...
- Sets UNIX like permissions 'mode' on all the files.
- mkpath directory...
- Creates directory, including any parent directories.
- test_f file
- Tests if a file exists
BUGS
Should probably be Auto/Self loaded.
SEE ALSO
ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_Win32
AUTHOR
- Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ni-s.u-net.com>.