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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
       simple list of absolute pathnames, one per line.  In
       addition, 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
       subsequent 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
           .packlist.  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 containing 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



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           .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);



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                 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>














































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