man ExtUtils::Command () - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in Makefiles etc.

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 CW@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>.