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ExtUtils::Command(3)
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 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
    perl -MExtUtils::Command=chmod -e chmod 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 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 expanded.

  cat Concatenates all files mentioned on command line to STDOUT.

  eqtime src dst
      Sets modified time of dst to that of src

  rm_rf 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.  e.g. 0666

  mkpath directory...
      Creates directory, including any parent directories.

  test_f file
      Tests if a file 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>.

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