Artistic The "Artistic License"
-Changes Differences between Perl 4 and Perl 5
+Changes Differences from previous versions.
+Changes.Conf Recent changes in the Configure & build process
+configure Crude emulation of GNU configure
Configure Portability tool
Copying The GNU General Public License
-Doc/perl5-notes Samples of new functionality
EXTERN.h Included before foreign .h files
+INSTALL Detailed installation instructions.
INTERN.h Included before domestic .h files
MANIFEST This list of files
Makefile.SH A script that generates Makefile
README.vms Notes about VMS
Todo The Wishlist
XSUB.h Include file for extension subroutines
-autosplit Splits up autoloader functions
av.c Array value code
av.h Array value header
-c2ph.SH program to translate dbx stabs to perl
-c2ph.doc documentation for c2ph
cflags.SH A script that emits C compilation flags per file
-config.H Sample config.h
+config_H Sample config.h
config_h.SH Produces config.h
configpm Produces lib/Config.pm
cop.h Control operator header
cv.h Code value header
deb.c Debugging routines
-doSH Script to run all the *.SH files
doio.c I/O operations
doop.c Support code for various operations
dosish.h Some defines for MS/DOSish machines
eg/van/vanish A program to put files in a trashcan
eg/who A sample who program
eg/wrapsuid A setuid script wrapper generator
-emacs/cperl-mode An alternate perl-mode
-emacs/emacs19 Notes about emacs 19
-emacs/perl-mode.el Emacs major mode for perl
-emacs/perldb.el Emacs debugging
-emacs/perldb.pl Emacs debugging
-emacs/tedstuff Some optional patches
+emacs/cperl-mode.el An alternate perl-mode
embed.h Maps symbols to safer names
-embed_h.sh Produces embed.h
+embed.pl Produces embed.h
ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm Berkeley DB extension Perl module
ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs Berkeley DB extension external subroutines
ext/DB_File/DB_File_BS Berkeley DB extension mkbootstrap fodder
ext/DB_File/Makefile.PL Berkeley DB extension makefile writer
ext/DB_File/typemap Berkeley DB extension interface types
-ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.doc Dynamic Loader specification
ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.pm Dynamic Loader perl module
ext/DynaLoader/Makefile.PL Dynamic Loader makefile writer
ext/DynaLoader/README Dynamic Loader notes and intro
ext/DynaLoader/dl_hpux.xs HP-UX implementation
ext/DynaLoader/dl_next.xs Next implementation
ext/DynaLoader/dl_none.xs Stub implementation
+ext/DynaLoader/dl_os2.xs OS/2 implementation
ext/DynaLoader/dl_vms.xs VMS implementation
ext/DynaLoader/dlutils.c Dynamic loader utilities for dl_*.xs files
ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.pm Fcntl extension Perl module
ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.xs Fcntl extension external subroutines
-ext/Fcntl/MANIFEST Fcntl extension file list
ext/Fcntl/Makefile.PL Fcntl extension makefile writer
+ext/FileHandle/FileHandle.pm FileHandle extension Perl module
+ext/FileHandle/FileHandle.xs FileHandle extension external subroutines
+ext/FileHandle/Makefile.PL FileHandle extension makefile writer
ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.pm GDBM extension Perl module
ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.xs GDBM extension external subroutines
ext/GDBM_File/Makefile.PL GDBM extension makefile writer
ext/NDBM_File/Makefile.PL NDBM extension makefile writer
ext/NDBM_File/NDBM_File.pm NDBM extension Perl module
ext/NDBM_File/NDBM_File.xs NDBM extension external subroutines
+ext/NDBM_File/hints/solaris.pl Hint for NDBM_File for named architecture
ext/NDBM_File/typemap NDBM extension interface types
ext/ODBM_File/Makefile.PL ODBM extension makefile writer
ext/ODBM_File/ODBM_File.pm ODBM extension Perl module
ext/ODBM_File/ODBM_File.xs ODBM extension external subroutines
+ext/ODBM_File/hints/dec_osf.pl Hint for ODBM_File for named architecture
+ext/ODBM_File/hints/sco.pl Hint for ODBM_File for named architecture
+ext/ODBM_File/hints/solaris.pl Hint for ODBM_File for named architecture
+ext/ODBM_File/hints/svr4.pl Hint for ODBM_File for named architecture
ext/ODBM_File/typemap ODBM extension interface types
ext/POSIX/Makefile.PL POSIX extension makefile writer
ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm POSIX extension Perl module
+ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod POSIX extension documentation
ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs POSIX extension external subroutines
ext/POSIX/typemap POSIX extension interface types
ext/SDBM_File/Makefile.PL SDBM extension makefile writer
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.h SDBM kit
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/tune.h SDBM kit
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/util.c SDBM kit
-ext/SDBM_File/typemap SDBM extension interface types
+ext/SDBM_File/typemap SDBM extension interface types
+ext/Safe/Makefile.PL Safe extension makefile writer
+ext/Safe/Safe.pm Safe extension Perl module
+ext/Safe/Safe.xs Safe extension external subroutines
ext/Socket/Makefile.PL Socket extension makefile writer
ext/Socket/Socket.pm Socket extension Perl module
ext/Socket/Socket.xs Socket extension external subroutines
globals.c File to declare global symbols (for shared library)
gv.c Glob value code
gv.h Glob value header
-h2ph.SH A thing to turn C .h files into perl .ph files
h2pl/README How to turn .ph files into .pl files
h2pl/cbreak.pl cbreak routines using .ph
h2pl/cbreak2.pl cbreak routines using .pl
h2pl/mkvars Program to make .pl from .ph files
h2pl/tcbreak cbreak test routine using .ph
h2pl/tcbreak2 cbreak test routine using .pl
-h2xs.SH Program to make .xs files from C header files
handy.h Handy definitions
hints/3b1.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/3b1cc Hints for named architecture
hints/altos486.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/apollo.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/aux.sh Hints for named architecture
-hints/bsd386.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/bsdos.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/convexos.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/cxux.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/dec_osf.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/dgux.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/dnix.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/dynix.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/epix.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/esix4.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/fps.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/freebsd.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/genix.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/greenhills.sh Hints for named architecture
-hints/hpux_9.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/hpux.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/i386.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/irix_4.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/irix_5.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/irix_6.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/irix_6_2.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/isc.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/isc_2.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/linux.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/machten.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/machten_2.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/mips.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/mpc.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/mpeix.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/ncr_tower.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/netbsd.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/next_3.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/next_3_0.sh Hints for named architecture
-hints/next_3_2.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/opus.sh Hints for named architecture
-hints/powerunix.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/os2.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/powerux.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/sco.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/sco_2_3_0.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/sco_2_3_1.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/sco_2_3_2.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/sco_2_3_3.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/sco_2_3_4.sh Hints for named architecture
-hints/sco_3.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/solaris_2.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/stellar.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/sunos_4_0.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/uts.sh Hints for named architecture
hv.c Hash value code
hv.h Hash value header
+installman Perl script to install man pages for pods.
installperl Perl script to do "make install" dirty work
interp.sym Interpreter specific symbols to hide in a struct
-ioctl.pl Sample ioctl.pl
keywords.h The keyword numbers
keywords.pl Program to write keywords.h
lib/AnyDBM_File.pm Perl module to emulate dbmopen
lib/Benchmark.pm A module to time pieces of code and such
lib/Carp.pm Error message base class
lib/Cwd.pm Various cwd routines (getcwd, fastcwd, chdir)
+lib/Devel/SelfStubber.pm Generate stubs for SelfLoader.pm
+lib/DirHandle.pm like FileHandle only for directories
lib/English.pm Readable aliases for short variables
lib/Env.pm Map environment into ordinary variables
lib/Exporter.pm Exporter base class
+lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm Handles 'make install' on extensions
+lib/ExtUtils/Liblist.pm Locates libraries
+lib/ExtUtils/MM_OS2.pm MakeMaker methods for OS/2
+lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm MakeMaker base class for Unix
+lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm MakeMaker methods for VMS.
lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm Write Makefiles for extensions
+lib/ExtUtils/Manifest.pm Utilities to write MANIFEST files
+lib/ExtUtils/Mkbootstrap.pm Writes a bootstrap file (see MakeMaker)
+lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm Writes a linker options file for extensions
lib/ExtUtils/typemap Extension interface types
lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp External subroutine preprocessor
lib/File/Basename.pm A module to emulate the basename program
lib/File/CheckTree.pm Perl module supporting wholesale file mode validation
+lib/File/Copy.pm Emulation of cp command
lib/File/Find.pm Routines to do a find
lib/File/Path.pm A module to do things like `mkdir -p' and `rm -r'
-lib/FileHandle.pm FileHandle methods
+lib/FileCache.pm Keep more files open than the system permits
lib/Getopt/Long.pm A module to fetch command options (GetOptions)
lib/Getopt/Std.pm A module to fetch command options (getopt, getopts)
lib/I18N/Collate.pm Routines to do strxfrm-based collation
lib/Math/BigInt.pm An arbitrary precision integer arithmetic package
lib/Math/Complex.pm A Complex package
lib/Net/Ping.pm Ping methods
+lib/Pod/Functions.pm used by pod/splitpod
+lib/Pod/Text.pm Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
lib/Search/Dict.pm A module to do binary search on dictionaries
+lib/SelectSaver.pm A module to enforce proper select scoping
+lib/SelfLoader.pm A module to load functions only on demand.
lib/Shell.pm A module to make AUTOLOADEed system() calls
+lib/Symbol.pm Symbol table manipulation routines
lib/Sys/Hostname.pm Hostname methods
lib/Sys/Syslog.pm Perl module supporting syslogging
lib/Term/Cap.pm Perl module supporting termcap usage
lib/Term/Complete.pm A command completion subroutine
+lib/Term/ReadLine.pm Stub readline library
lib/Test/Harness.pm A test harness
lib/Text/Abbrev.pm An abbreviation table builder
lib/Text/ParseWords.pm Perl module to split words on arbitrary delimiter
lib/Text/Soundex.pm Perl module to implement Soundex
lib/Text/Tabs.pm Do expand and unexpand
-lib/TieHash.pm Base class for tied hashes
-lib/SubstrHash.pm Compact hash for known key, value and table size
+lib/Text/Wrap.pm Paragraph formatter
+lib/Tie/Hash.pm Base class for tied hashes
+lib/Tie/Scalar.pm Base class for tied scalars
+lib/Tie/SubstrHash.pm Compact hash for known key, value and table size
lib/Time/Local.pm Reverse translation of localtime, gmtime
lib/abbrev.pl An abbreviation table builder
lib/assert.pl assertion and panic with stack trace
lib/chat2.pl Randal's famous expect-ish routines
lib/complete.pl A command completion subroutine
lib/ctime.pl A ctime workalike
+lib/diagnostics.pm Print verbose diagnostics
lib/dotsh.pl Code to "dot" in a shell script
lib/dumpvar.pl A variable dumper
lib/exceptions.pl catch and throw routines
lib/importenv.pl Perl routine to get environment into variables
lib/integer.pm For "use integer"
lib/less.pm For "use less"
+lib/lib.pm For "use lib"
lib/look.pl A "look" equivalent
lib/newgetopt.pl A perl library supporting long option parsing
lib/open2.pl Open a two-ended pipe
lib/open3.pl Open a three-ended pipe
+lib/overload.pm Module for overloading perl operators.
lib/perl5db.pl Perl debugging routines
lib/pwd.pl Routines to keep track of PWD environment variable
lib/shellwords.pl Perl library to split into words with shell quoting
lib/sigtrap.pm For trapping an abort and giving traceback
+lib/splain Standalone program to print verbose diagnostics.
lib/stat.pl Perl library supporting stat function
lib/strict.pm For "use strict"
lib/subs.pm Declare overriding subs
lib/termcap.pl Perl library supporting termcap usage
lib/timelocal.pl Perl library supporting inverse of localtime, gmtime
lib/validate.pl Perl library supporting wholesale file mode validation
+lib/vars.pm Declare pseudo-imported global variables
makeaperl.SH perl script that produces a new perl binary
makedepend.SH Precursor to makedepend
makedir.SH Precursor to makedir
malloc.c A version of malloc you might not want
mg.c Magic code
mg.h Magic header
-minimod.PL Writes lib/ExtUtils/Miniperl.pm
+minimod.pl Writes lib/ExtUtils/Miniperl.pm
miniperlmain.c Basic perl w/o dynamic loading or extensions
mv-if-diff Script to mv a file if it changed
myconfig Prints summary of the current configuration
op.h Opcode syntax tree header
opcode.h Automatically generated opcode header
opcode.pl Opcode header generatore
+os2/Makefile.SHs Shared library generation for OS/2
+os2/POSIX.mkfifo POSIX.xs patch.
+os2/README OS/2 port info.
+os2/README.old previous OS/2 port info, partially relevant.
+os2/diff.Makefile Patches to Makefile.SH
+os2/diff.c2ph c2ph patch
+os2/diff.configure Patches to Configure
+os2/diff.db_file patch to DB_File
+os2/diff.exec patch to #ifdef lines to exec with sh
+os2/diff.installman Patches to installman
+os2/diff.installperl Patches to installperl
+os2/diff.mkdep Patches to makedepend.SH
+os2/diff.rest old patch to t/TEST which was not applied yet
+os2/diff.x2pMakefile Patches to x2p/Makefile.SH
+os2/notes Notes for perl maintainer
+os2/os2.c Additional code for OS/2
+os2/os2ish.h Header for OS/2
+os2/perl2cmd.pl Corrects installed binaries under OS/2
patchlevel.h The current patch level of perl
perl.c main()
perl.h Global declarations
perly.fixer A program to remove yacc stack limitations
perly.h The header file for perly.c
perly.y Yacc grammar for perl
-pl2pm A pl to pm translator
pod/Makefile Make pods into something else
-pod/modpods/Abbrev.pod Doc for Abbrev.pm
-pod/modpods/AnyDBMFile.pod Doc for AnyDBMFile.pm
-pod/modpods/AutoLoader.pod Doc for AutoLoader.pm
-pod/modpods/AutoSplit.pod Doc for AutoSplit.pm
-pod/modpods/Basename.pod Doc for Basename.pm
-pod/modpods/Benchmark.pod Doc for Benchmark.pm
-pod/modpods/Carp.pod Doc for Carp.pm
-pod/modpods/CheckTree.pod Doc for CheckTree.pm
-pod/modpods/Collate.pod Doc for Collate.pm
-pod/modpods/Config.pod Doc for Config.pm
-pod/modpods/Cwd.pod Doc for Cwd.pm
-pod/modpods/DB_File.pod Doc for File.pm
-pod/modpods/Dynaloader.pod Doc for Dynaloader.pm
-pod/modpods/English.pod Doc for English.pm
-pod/modpods/Env.pod Doc for Env.pm
-pod/modpods/Exporter.pod Doc for Exporter.pm
-pod/modpods/Fcntl.pod Doc for Fcntl.pm
-pod/modpods/FileHandle.pod Doc for FileHandle.pm
-pod/modpods/Find.pod Doc for Find.pm
-pod/modpods/Finddepth.pod Doc for Finddepth.pm
-pod/modpods/GetOptions.pod Doc for GetOptions.pm
-pod/modpods/Getopt.pod Doc for Getopt.pm
-pod/modpods/MakeMaker.pod Doc for MakeMaker.pm
-pod/modpods/Open2.pod Doc for Open2.pm
-pod/modpods/Open3.pod Doc for Open3.pm
-pod/modpods/POSIX.pod Doc for POSIX.pm
-pod/modpods/Ping.pod Doc for Ping.pm
-pod/modpods/Socket.pod Doc for Socket.pm
-pod/modpods/integer.pod Doc for integer.pm
-pod/modpods/less.pod Doc for less.pm
-pod/modpods/sigtrap.pod Doc for sigtrap.pm
-pod/modpods/strict.pod Doc for strict.pm
-pod/modpods/subs.pod Doc for subs.pm
+pod/buildtoc generate perltoc.pod
pod/perl.pod Top level perl man page
-pod/perlapi.pod XS api info
pod/perlbook.pod Book info
pod/perlbot.pod Object-oriented Bag o' Tricks
pod/perlcall.pod Callback info
pod/perldata.pod Data structure info
pod/perldebug.pod Debugger info
pod/perldiag.pod Diagnostic info
+pod/perldsc.pod Data Structures Cookbook
pod/perlembed.pod Embedding info
pod/perlform.pod Format info
pod/perlfunc.pod Function info
pod/perlguts.pod Internals info
pod/perlipc.pod IPC info
+pod/perllol.pod How to use lists of lists.
pod/perlmod.pod Module info
pod/perlobj.pod Object info
pod/perlop.pod Operator info
pod/perlstyle.pod Style info
pod/perlsub.pod Subroutine info
pod/perlsyn.pod Syntax info
+pod/perltie.pod Tieing an object class into a simple variable
+pod/perltoc.pod Table of Contents info
pod/perltrap.pod Trap info
pod/perlvar.pod Variable info
-pod/pod2html Translator to turn pod into HTML
-pod/pod2latex Translator to turn pod into LaTeX
-pod/pod2man Translator to turn pod into manpage
+pod/perlxs.pod XS api info
+pod/perlxstut.pod XS tutorial
+pod/pod2html.PL Precursor for translator to turn pod into HTML
+pod/pod2latex.PL Precursor for translator to turn pod into LaTeX
+pod/pod2man.PL Precursor for translator to turn pod into manpage
+pod/pod2text.PL Precursor for translator to turn pod into text
+pod/roffitall troff the whole man page set
pod/splitman Splits perlfunc into multiple man pages
+pod/splitpod Splits perlfunc into multiple pod pages
pp.c Push/Pop code
pp.h Push/Pop code defs
pp_ctl.c Push/Pop code for control flow
t/cmd/switch.t See if switch optimizations work
t/cmd/while.t See if while loops work
t/comp/cmdopt.t See if command optimization works
+t/comp/cpp.aux main file for cpp.t
t/comp/cpp.t See if C preprocessor works
t/comp/decl.t See if declarations work
t/comp/multiline.t See if multiline strings work
t/lib/db-btree.t See if DB_File works
t/lib/db-hash.t See if DB_File works
t/lib/db-recno.t See if DB_File works
+t/lib/dirhand.t See if DirHandle works
t/lib/english.t See if English works
+t/lib/filehand.t See if FileHandle works
t/lib/gdbm.t See if GDBM_File works
t/lib/ndbm.t See if NDBM_File works
t/lib/odbm.t See if ODBM_File works
t/lib/posix.t See if POSIX works
+t/lib/safe.t See if Safe works
t/lib/sdbm.t See if SDBM_File works
+t/lib/socket.t See if Socket works
t/lib/soundex.t See if Soundex works
t/op/append.t See if . works
t/op/array.t See if array operations work
unixish.h Defines that are assumed on Unix
util.c Utility routines
util.h Public declarations for the above
+utils/Makefile Extract the utility scripts.
+utils/c2ph.PL program to translate dbx stabs to perl
+utils/h2ph.PL A thing to turn C .h files into perl .ph files
+utils/h2xs.PL Program to make .xs files from C header files
+utils/perlbug.PL A simple tool to submit a bug report
+utils/perldoc.PL A simple tool to find & display perl's documentation
+utils/pl2pm.PL A pl to pm translator
vms/Makefile VMS port
-vms/config.vms VMS port
-vms/descrip.mms VMS port
+vms/config.vms default config.h for VMS
+vms/descrip.mms MM[SK] description file for build
vms/ext/Filespec.pm VMS-Unix file syntax interconversion
vms/ext/MM_VMS.pm VMS-specific methods for MakeMaker
-vms/ext/VMS/stdio/Makefile.PL MakeMaker driver for VMS::stdio
-vms/ext/VMS/stdio/stdio.pm VMS options to stdio routines
-vms/ext/VMS/stdio/stdio.xs VMS options to stdio routines
-vms/gen_shrfls.pl VMS port
-vms/genconfig.pl VMS port
-vms/genopt.com VMS port
-vms/mms2make.pl VMS port
-vms/perlshr.c VMS port
-vms/perlvms.pod VMS port
-vms/sockadapt.c VMS port
-vms/sockadapt.h VMS port
-vms/test.com VMS port
-vms/vms.c VMS port
-vms/vmsish.h VMS port
-vms/writemain.pl VMS port
+vms/ext/stdio/Makefile.PL MakeMaker driver for VMS::stdio
+vms/ext/stdio/stdio.pm VMS options to stdio routines
+vms/ext/stdio/stdio.xs VMS options to stdio routines
+vms/gen_shrfls.pl generate options files and glue for shareable image
+vms/genconfig.pl retcon config.sh from config.h
+vms/genopt.com hack to write options files in case of broken makes
+vms/make_command.com record MM[SK] command used to build Perl
+vms/mms2make.pl convert descrip.mms to make syntax
+vms/myconfig.com record local configuration info for bug report
+vms/perlvms.pod VMS-specific additions to Perl documentation
+vms/perly_c.vms perly.c with fixed declarations for global syms
+vms/perly_h.vms perly.h with fixed declarations for global syms
+vms/sockadapt.c glue for SockshShr socket support
+vms/sockadapt.h glue for SockshShr socket support
+vms/test.com DCL driver for regression tests
+vms/vms.c VMS-specific C code for Perl core
+vms/vms_yfix.pl convert Unix perly.[ch] to VMS perly_[ch].vms
+vms/vmsish.h VMS-specific C header for Perl core
+vms/writemain.pl Generate perlmain.c from miniperlmain.c+extensions
writemain.SH Generate perlmain.c from miniperlmain.c+extensions
x2p/EXTERN.h Same as above
x2p/INTERN.h Same as above
x2p/a2p.y A yacc grammer for awk
x2p/a2py.c Awk compiler, sort of
x2p/cflags.SH A script that emits C compilation flags per file
-x2p/find2perl.SH A find to perl translator
+x2p/find2perl.PL A find to perl translator
x2p/handy.h Handy definitions
x2p/hash.c Associative arrays again
x2p/hash.h Public declarations for the above
-x2p/s2p.SH Sed to perl translator
+x2p/s2p.PL Sed to perl translator
x2p/s2p.man Manual page for sed to perl translator
x2p/str.c String handling package
x2p/str.h Public declarations for the above
x2p/util.c Utility routines
x2p/util.h Public declarations for the above
x2p/walk.c Parse tree walker
-xf A script to translate Perl 4 symbols to Perl 5