Hi Dick, "Dick Penny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I give up! Am trying to be self-sufficient because there is so much > documentation, BUT how do you get at it? I cannot find a single example > in Perl User Guide of how to get POD to cough up it's goodies. > Everything I find seems to assume one wants to get at PODstuff by > executing some Perl script and doing POD:: blah, blah blah. > > I'd like to type something in at command prompt like: > 1) perlpod -h (or perlpod.pl -h) #expect to see allowable arguments > to a perlpod script > 2) perl perlpod PPM #expect to get all documentation for PPM display on > my screen you were so close. try: perldoc perlpod > 3) something zip #expect to get all docs of scripts relating to zip > files well perldoc only searches your *installed* modules, and only by name. but CPAN has lots of code to give you zip-file handling: http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=zip > ... I've been to CPAN, but the installation processes are not > fathomable (eg. archive-zip-0.11). In my opinion, there is absolutely no > need for "make" files in a scripting world where one only downloads > scripts and/or binaries. > > Any words of wisdom appreciated. > Dick the make process of installing perl modules is only "required" when the module you're installing has C source code components that need to be compiled for the target platform at install-time. the reason it's recommended in every module's docs is because make is very good at figuring out what platform you're running on, where your perl binary is, where your PERL5LIB directory is and where your docs should go. but if you're not insterested in finding and installing a make binary, The CPAN FAQ http://cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#How_install_Perl_modules mentions a couple of the more user-friendly methods such as the CPAN module itself which is present on most perl distributions (and can install any CPAN module for you) and of course ActiveState's own PPM (perl package manager) which can snarf and setup whatever ActiveState supports. hth, -dave _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users
