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ExtUtils::Manifest(3pm)Perl Programmers Reference GuideExtUtils::Manifest(3pm)

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 MANI‐
	   FEST.  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 existing 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 direc‐
	   tory 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 "MANIFEST" file. An optional file "MANIFEST.SKIP" will be con‐
	   sulted. 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 cur‐
	   rent 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 "MANIFEST" 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 considered 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 expres‐
       sions 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.

       EXPORT_OK

       &mkmanifest, &manicheck, &filecheck, &fullcheck, &maniread, and &mani‐
       copy 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 version 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 "MANI‐
	   FEST.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 functional‐
       ity.

AUTHOR
       Andreas Koenig "andreas.koenig@anima.de"

       Currently maintained by Michael G Schwern "schwern@pobox.com"

perl v5.8.8			  2001-09-21	       ExtUtils::Manifest(3pm)
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