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NAME

cpan - easily interact with CPAN from the command line

SYNOPSIS

  1. 	# with arguments, installs specified modules
  2. 	cpan module_name [ module_name ... ]
  3. 	
  4. 	# with switches, installs modules with extra behavior
  5. 	cpan [-cimt] module_name [ module_name ... ]
  6. 	
  7. 	# without arguments, starts CPAN shell
  8. 	cpan
  9. 	
  10. 	# without arguments, but some switches
  11. 	cpan [-ahrv]

DESCRIPTION

This script provides a command interface (not a shell) to CPAN.pm.

Meta Options

These options are mutually exclusive, and the script processes them in this order: [ahvr]. Once the script finds one, it ignores the others, and then exits after it finishes the task. The script ignores any other command line options.

  • -a

    Creates the CPAN.pm autobundle with CPAN::Shell->autobundle.

  • -h

    Prints a help message.

  • -r

    Recompiles dynamically loaded modules with CPAN::Shell->recompile.

  • -v

    Print the script version and CPAN.pm version.

Module options

These options are mutually exclusive, and the script processes them in alphabetical order.

  • c

    Runs a `make clean` in the specified module's directories.

  • i

    Installed the specified modules.

  • m

    Makes the specified modules.

  • t

    Runs a `make test` on the specified modules.

Examples

  1. 	# print a help message
  2. 	cpan -h
  3. 	
  4. 	# print the version numbers
  5. 	cpan -v
  6. 	
  7. 	# create an autobundle
  8. 	cpan -a
  9. 	
  10. 	# recompile modules
  11. 	cpan -r 
  12. 	
  13. 	# install modules
  14. 	cpan -i Netscape::Booksmarks Business::ISBN

TO DO

* add options for other CPAN::Shell functions autobundle, clean, make, recompile, test

BUGS

* none noted

SEE ALSO

Most behaviour, including environment variables and configuration, comes directly from CPAN.pm.

AUTHOR

brian d foy <bdfoy@cpan.org>

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