ExtUtils::Command(3) Perl Programmers Reference Guide ExtUtils::Command(3) NAME ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in(1,8) Make- files 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(1,n) perl -MExtUtils::Command=chmod(1,2) -e chmod(1,2) 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(1,8) 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(1,3,7,n) expanded. cat Concatenates all files mentioned on command line to STDOUT. eqtime src dst Sets modified time(1,2,n) of dst to that of src rm_rf files.... Removes directories - recursively (even if(3,n) readonly) rm_f files.... Removes files (even if(3,n) readonly) touch files ... Makes files exist, with current timestamp mv source... destination Moves source to destination. Multiple sources are allowed if(3,n) des- tination is an existing directory. cp source... destination Copies source to destination. Multiple sources are allowed if(3,n) des- tination is an existing directory. chmod(1,2) 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(1,n) Tests if(3,n) a file(1,n) 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>. perl v5.8.5 2001-09-21 ExtUtils::Command(3)