NAME

       ExtUtils::PL2Bat - Batch file creation to run perl scripts on Windows

VERSION

       version 0.004

OVERVIEW

       This module converts a perl script into a batch file that can be executed on
       Windows/DOS-like operating systems.  This is intended to allow you to use a Perl script
       like regular programs and batch files where you just enter the name of the script
       [probably minus the extension] plus any command-line arguments and the script is found in
       your PATH and run.

FUNCTIONS

   pl2bat(%opts)
       This function takes a perl script and write a batch file that contains the script. This is
       sometimes necessary

       •       "in"

               The name of the script that is to be batchified. This argument is mandatory.

       •       "out"

               The name of the output batch file. If not given, it will be generated using "in"
               and "stripsuffix".

       •       "ntargs"

               Arguments to invoke perl with in generated batch file when run from Windows NT.
               Defaults to '-x -S %0 %*'.

       •       "otherargs"

               Arguments to invoke perl with in generated batch file except when run from Windows
               NT (ie. when run from DOS, Windows 3.1, or Windows 95).  Defaults to
               '-x -S "%0" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9'.

       •       "stripsuffix"

               Strip a suffix string from file name before appending a ".bat" suffix.  The suffix
               is not case-sensitive.  It can be a regex or a string and a trailing "$" is always
               assumed).  Defaults to "qr/\.plx?/".

       •       "usewarnings"

               With the "usewarnings" option, " -w" is added after the value of
               $Config{startperl}.  If a line matching "/^#!.*perl/" already exists in the
               script, then it is not changed and the -w option is ignored.

       •       "update"

               If the script appears to have already been processed by pl2bat, then the script is
               skipped and not processed unless "update" was specified.  If "update" is
               specified, the existing preamble is replaced.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       This code was taken from Module::Build and then modified; which had taken it from perl's
       pl2bat script. This module is an attempt at unifying all three implementations.

AUTHOR

       Leon Timmermans <leont@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2015 by Leon Timmermans.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       the Perl 5 programming language system itself.