Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jari Aalto wrote: >> WriteMakefile ( EXE_FILES => [qw(bin/dyndns.pl)] ); >> >> I'm using Perl 5.10.0. Is there any option that could be set to strip >> the file extensions during install? I'd like to develop the files with: >> >> foo.pl >> >> So that local searches like "find . -name "*.pl" can run "perl -cw". >> tests. But during install I'd wish they got instaled as plain: >> >> /usr/local/bin/foo >> >> Likewise for the manual page: without the *.pl" > > No, there's no option to do that. ... > I suggest you just rename the source files...
While possible[*], the stripping option would be great to have in next release of MakeMaker. I hope to see it added. Jari [*] It's just *.pl, it also *.sh and other files included. The file editors use *.extension to detect types and many tools rely on extensions, so removing them is not a good situation.
