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=chmod -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.
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. e.g. 0666
- 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>.
