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ExtUtils::PacklisPerl Programmers Reference ExtUtils::Packlist(3)

NAME
       ExtUtils::Packlist - manage .packlist files

SYNOPSIS
	  use ExtUtils::Packlist;
	  my ($pl) = ExtUtils::Packlist->new('.packlist');
	  $pl->read('/an/old/.packlist');
	  my @missing_files = $pl->validate();
	  $pl->write('/a/new/.packlist');

	  $pl->{'/some/file/name'}++;
	     or
	  $pl->{'/some/other/file/name'} = { type => 'file',
					     from => '/some/file' };

DESCRIPTION
       ExtUtils::Packlist provides a standard way to manage
       .packlist files.	 Functions are provided to read and write
       .packlist files.	 The original .packlist format is a sim
       ple list of absolute pathnames, one per line.  In addi
       tion, this package supports an extended format, where as
       well as a filename each line may contain a list of
       attributes in the form of a space separated list of
       key=value pairs.	 This is used by the installperl script
       to differentiate between files and links, for example.

USAGE
       The hash reference returned by the new() function can be
       used to examine and modify the contents of the .packlist.
       Items may be added/deleted from the .packlist by modifying
       the hash.  If the value associated with a hash key is a
       scalar, the entry written to the .packlist by any subse
       quent write() will be a simple filename.	 If the value is
       a hash, the entry written will be the filename followed by
       the key=value pairs from the hash.  Reading back the
       .packlist will recreate the original entries.

FUNCTIONS
       new()
	   This takes an optional parameter, the name of a .pack
	   list.  If the file exists, it will be opened and the
	   contents of the file will be read.  The new() method
	   returns a reference to a hash.  This hash holds an
	   entry for each line in the .packlist.  In the case of
	   old-style .packlists, the value associated with each
	   key is undef.  In the case of new-style .packlists,
	   the value associated with each key is a hash contain
	   ing the key=value pairs following the filename in the
	   .packlist.

       read()
	   This takes an optional parameter, the name of the
	   .packlist to be read.  If no file is specified, the
	   .packlist specified to new() will be read.  If the
	   .packlist does not exist, Carp::croak will be called.

       write()
	   This takes an optional parameter, the name of the
	   .packlist to be written.  If no file is specified, the
	   .packlist specified to new() will be overwritten.

       validate()
	   This checks that every file listed in the .packlist
	   actually exists.  If an argument which evaluates to
	   true is given, any missing files will be removed from
	   the internal hash.  The return value is a list of the
	   missing files, which will be empty if they all exist.

       packlist_file()
	   This returns the name of the associated .packlist file

EXAMPLE
       Here's "modrm", a little utility to cleanly remove an
       installed module.

	   #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w

	   use strict;
	   use IO::Dir;
	   use ExtUtils::Packlist;
	   use ExtUtils::Installed;

	   sub emptydir($) {
	       my ($dir) = @_;
	       my $dh = IO::Dir->new($dir) || return(0);
	       my @count = $dh->read();
	       $dh->close();
	       return(@count == 2 ? 1 : 0);
	   }

	   # Find all the installed packages
	   print("Finding all installed modules...\n");
	   my $installed = ExtUtils::Installed->new();

	   foreach my $module (grep(!/^Perl$/, $installed->modules())) {
	      my $version = $installed->version($module) || "???";
	      print("Found module $module Version $version\n");
	      print("Do you want to delete $module? [n] ");
	      my $r = <STDIN>; chomp($r);
	      if ($r && $r =~ /^y/i) {
		 # Remove all the files
		 foreach my $file (sort($installed->files($module))) {
		    print("rm $file\n");
		    unlink($file);
		 }
		 my $pf = $installed->packlist($module)->packlist_file();
		 print("rm $pf\n");
		 unlink($pf);
		 foreach my $dir (sort($installed->directory_tree($module))) {
		    if (emptydir($dir)) {
		       print("rmdir $dir\n");
		       rmdir($dir);
		    }
		 }
	      }
	   }

AUTHOR
       Alan Burlison <Alan.Burlison@uk.sun.com>

2001-03-03		   perl v5.6.1	    ExtUtils::Packlist(3)
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