NAME
ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands 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 files... perl -MExtUtils::Command -e rm_rf directories... perl -MExtUtils::Command -e mkpath directories... perl -MExtUtils::Command -e eqtime source destination perl -MExtUtils::Command -e test_f file perl -MExtUtils::Command -e test_d directory perl -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod mode files... ...
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 Makefiles. Call them like this:
perl -MExtUtils::Command -e some_command some files to work on
and NOT like this:
perl -MExtUtils::Command -e 'some_command qw(some files to work on)'
For that use Shell::Command.
Filenames with * and ? will be glob expanded.
FUNCTIONS
- cat
cat file ...
Concatenates all files mentioned on command line to STDOUT.
- eqtime
eqtime source destination
Sets modified time of destination to that of source.
- rm_rf
rm_rf files or directories ...
Removes files and directories - recursively (even if readonly)
- rm_f
rm_f file ...
Removes files (even if readonly)
- touch
touch file ...
Makes files exist, with current timestamp
- mv
mv source_file destination_file mv source_file source_file destination_dir
Moves source to destination. Multiple sources are allowed if destination is an existing directory.
Returns true if all moves succeeded, false otherwise.
- cp
cp source_file destination_file cp source_file source_file destination_dir
Copies sources to the destination. Multiple sources are allowed if destination is an existing directory.
Returns true if all copies succeeded, false otherwise.
- chmod
chmod mode files ...
Sets UNIX like permissions 'mode' on all the files. e.g. 0666
- mkpath
mkpath directory ...
Creates directories, including any parent directories.
- test_f
test_f file
Tests if a file exists. Exits with 0 if it does, 1 if it does not (ie. shell's idea of true and false).
- test_d
test_d directory
Tests if a directory exists. Exits with 0 if it does, 1 if it does not (ie. shell's idea of true and false).
- dos2unix
dos2unix files or dirs ...
Converts DOS and OS/2 linefeeds to Unix style recursively.
SEE ALSO
Shell::Command which is these same functions but take arguments normally.
AUTHOR
Nick Ing-Simmons ni-s@cpan.org
Maintained by Michael G Schwern schwern@pobox.com
within the
ExtUtils-MakeMaker package and, as a separate CPAN package, by
Randy Kobes r.kobes@uwinnipeg.ca
.
