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by Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Phoenix ISBN 0-596-00132-0 Third Edition, published July 2001. (See

<p>System errno constants from <em class="emphasis">errno.h</em> include file</p>
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<p>Exporter</p>
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<p>Default import method for modules</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::Command</p>
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<p>Utilities to replace common Unix commands</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::Command::MM</p>
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<p>Commands that the MM's can use in Makefiles (new in
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<p>ExtUtils::Constant</p>
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<p>Generates XS code to import C header constants (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::Embed</p>
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<p>Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::Install</p>
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<p>Installs files from here to there</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::Installed</p>
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<p>Inventory management of installed modules</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::Liblist</p>
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<p>Determines libraries to use and how to use them</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::MakeMaker</p>
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<p>Creates a Makefile for a Perl extension</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::Manifest</p>
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<p>Utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::Miniperl</p>
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<p>Writes the C code for <em class="emphasis">perlmain.c</em></p>
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<p>ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap</p>
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<p>Makes a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::Mksymlists</p>
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<p>Writes linker option files for dynamic extension</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::MM</p>
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<p>Operating system-adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::MM_Any</p>
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<p>Platform-agnostic MM methods (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::MM_BeOS</p>
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<p>Methods that override UN*X behavior in ExtUtils::MakeMaker (new in
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<p>ExtUtils::MM_DOS</p>
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<p>DOS-specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::MM_NW5</p>
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<p>Methods that override UN*X behavior in ExtUtils::MakeMaker (new in
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<p>ExtUtils::MM_OS2</p>
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<p>Methods to override Unix behavior in ExtUtils::MakeMaker</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::MM_Unix</p>
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<p>Methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::MM_UWIN</p>
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<p>U/WIN-specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::MM_VMS</p>
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<p>Methods to override Unix behavior in ExtUtils::MakeMaker</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::MM_Win32</p>
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<p>Methods to override Unix behavior in ExtUtils::MakeMaker</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::MY</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::Packlist</p>
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<p>Manages <em class="emphasis">.packlist</em> files</p>
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<p>ExtUtils::testlib</p>
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<p>Adds <em class="emphasis">blib/*</em> directories to
<tt class="literal">@INC</tt>
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<p>Fatal</p>
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<p>Replaces functions with equivalents that succeed or die</p>
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<p>Fcntl</p>
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<p>Loads the C <em class="emphasis">fcntl.h</em> defines</p>
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<p>fields</p>
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<p>Perl pragma to provide compile time-verified class fields</p>
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<p>File::Basename</p>
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<p>Parses file specifications</p>
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<p>File::CheckTree</p>
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<p>Runs many tests on a collection of files</p>
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<p>File::Compare</p>
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<p>Compares files or filehandles</p>
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<p>File::Copy</p>
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<p>Copies files or filehandles</p>
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<p>File::DosGlob</p>
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<p>DOS-like globbing with enhancements</p>
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<p>File::Find</p>
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<p>Traverses a file tree</p>
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<p>File::Path</p>
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<p>Creates or removes a series of directories</p>
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<p>File::Spec</p>
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<p>Portably performs operations on filenames</p>
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<p>File::Spec::Cygwin</p>
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<p>Methods for Cygwin file specs (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>File::stat</p>
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<p>By-name interface to Perl's built-in
<tt class="literal">stat</tt> functions
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<p>File::Temp</p>
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<p>Returns the name and handle of a temporary file safely</p>
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<p>FileCache</p>
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<p>Keeps more files open than the system permits</p>
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<p>FileHandle</p>
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<p>Supplies object methods for filehandles</p>
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<p>Filter::Simple</p>
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<p>Simplified source filtering (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>Filter::Util::Call</p>
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<p>Perl Source Filter Utility Module (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>FindBin</p>
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<p>Locates directory of original Perl script</p>
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<p>GDBM_File</p>
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<p>Tied access to GDBM library</p>
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<p>Getopt::Long</p>
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<p>Extended processing of command-line options</p>
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<p>Getopt::Std</p>
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<p>Processes single-character options with option clustering</p>
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<p>Hash::Util</p>
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<p>A selection of general utility hash subroutines (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>I18N::Collate</p>
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<p>Compares 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale</p>
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<p>I18N::Langinfo</p>
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<p>Queries locale information (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>I18N::LangTags</p>
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<p>Functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language tags (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>I18N::LangTags::List</p>
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<p>Tags and names for human languages (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>if</p>
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<p>Uses a Perl module if a condition holds (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>integer</p>
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<p>Does arithmetic in integer instead of double</p>
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<p>IO</p>
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<p>Loads various I/O modules</p>
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<p>IO::File</p>
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<p>Supplies object methods for filehandles</p>
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<p>IO::Handle</p>
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<p>Supplies object methods for I/O handles</p>
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<p>IO::Pipe</p>
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<p>Supplies object methods for pipes</p>
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<p>IO::Seekable</p>
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<p>Supplies seek-based methods for I/O objects</p>
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<p>IO::Select</p>
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<p>Object-oriented interface to the select system call</p>
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<p>IO::Socket</p>
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<p>Object interface to socket communications</p>
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<p>IPC::Msg</p>
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<p>System V Msg IPC object class</p>
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<p>IPC::Open2</p>
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<p>Opens a process for both reading and writing</p>
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<p>IPC::Open3</p>
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<p>Opens a process for reading, writing, and error handling</p>
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<p>IPC::Semaphore</p>
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<p>System V Semaphore IPC object class</p>
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<p>IPC::SysV</p>
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<p>System V IPC constants</p>
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<p>less</p>
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<p>Perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler</p>
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<p>lib</p>
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<p>Manipulates <tt class="literal">@INC</tt> at compile time</p>
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<p>List::Util</p>
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<p>A selection of general utility list subroutines (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>locale</p>
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<p>Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations</p>
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<p>Math::BigFloat</p>
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<p>Arbitrary-length floating-point math package</p>
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<p>Math::BigInt</p>
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<p>Arbitrary-length integer math package</p>
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<p>Math::BigInt::Calc</p>
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<p>Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>Math::BigRat</p>
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<p>Arbitrarily big rationals (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>Math::Complex</p>
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<p>Complex numbers package</p>
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<p>Math::Trig</p>
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<p>Trigonometric functions</p>
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<p>MIME::Base64</p>
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<p>Encoding and decoding of base64 strings (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>MIME::QuotedPrint</p>
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<p>Encoding and decoding of quoted, printable strings (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>NDBM_File</p>
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<p>Tied access to NDBM files</p>
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<p>Net::Cmd</p>
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<p>Network Command class (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>Net::Config</p>
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<p>Local configuration data for libnet (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>Net::Domain</p>
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<p>Attempts to evaluate the current host's Internet name and domain (new
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<p>Net::FTP</p>
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<p>FTP Client class (new in 5.8)</p>
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<p>Net::hostent</p>
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<p>By-name interface to Perl's built-in
<tt class="literal">gethost*</tt> functions
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