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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 the Win32 port to replace common UNIX commands. Most commands are wrappers 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