NAME

       ExtUtils::Helpers - Various portability utilities for module builders

VERSION

       version 0.021

SYNOPSIS

        use ExtUtils::Helpers qw/build_script make_executable split_like_shell/;

        unshift @ARGV, split_like_shell($ENV{PROGRAM_OPTS});
        write_script_to('Build');
        make_executable('Build');

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides various portable helper functions for module building modules.

FUNCTIONS

   build_script()
       This function returns the appropriate name for the Build script on the local platform.

   make_executable($filename)
       This makes a perl script executable.

   split_like_shell($string)
       This function splits a string the same way as the local platform does.

   detildefy($path)
       This function substitutes a tilde at the start of a path with the users homedir in an
       appropriate manner.

   man1_pagename($filename)
       Returns the man page filename for a script.

   man3_pagename($filename, $basedir)
       Returns the man page filename for a Perl library.

   manify($input_filename, $output_file, $section, $opts)
       Create a manpage for the script in $input_filename as $output_file in section $section

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       Olivier Mengue and Christian Walde made "make_executable" work on Windows.

AUTHORS

       •   Ken Williams <kwilliams@cpan.org>

       •   Leon Timmermans <leont@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2004 by Ken Williams, 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.