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 file...
  perl -MExtUtils::Command -e rm_rf directories...
  perl -MExtUtils::Command -e mkpath directories...
  perl -MExtUtils::Command -e eqtime source destination
  perl -MExtUtils::Command -e chmod mode files...
  perl -MExtUtils::Command -e test_f file

DESCRIPTION

The module is used in Win32 port to replace common UNIX commands. Most commands are wrapers on generic modules File::Path and File::Basename.

cat: Concatenates all files mentioned on command line to STDOUT.
eqtime src dst: Sets modified time of dst to that of src
rm_f 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.
mkpath directory...: Creates directory, including any parent directories.
test_f file: Tests if a file exists

BUGS

Should probably be Auto/Self loaded.

AUTHOR

Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ni-s.u-net.com>.

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