Artistic The "Artistic License"
Changes Differences from previous versions.
-Changes.Conf Recent changes in the Configure & build process
+Changes5.000 Differences from perl4.
+Changes5.001 Differences from 5.000.
+Changes5.002 Differences from 5.001.
+Changes5.003 Differences from 5.002.
configure Crude emulation of GNU configure
Configure Portability tool
Copying The GNU General Public License
INTERN.h Included before domestic .h files
MANIFEST This list of files
Makefile.SH A script that generates Makefile
+Porting/Glossary Glossary of config.sh variables.
README The Instructions
-README.vms Notes about VMS
+README.os2 Notes about OS/2 port
+README.plan9 Notes about Plan9 port
+README.vms Notes about VMS port
Todo The Wishlist
XSUB.h Include file for extension subroutines
av.c Array value code
ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.pm Fcntl extension Perl module
ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.xs Fcntl extension external subroutines
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/GDBM_File/typemap GDBM extension interface types
+ext/IO/IO.pm Top-level interface to IO::* classes
+ext/IO/IO.xs IO extension external subroutines
+ext/IO/Makefile.PL IO extension makefile writer
+ext/IO/lib/IO/File.pm IO::File extension Perl module
+ext/IO/lib/IO/Handle.pm IO::Handle extension Perl module
+ext/IO/lib/IO/Pipe.pm IO::Pipe extension Perl module
+ext/IO/lib/IO/Seekable.pm IO::Seekable extension Perl module
+ext/IO/lib/IO/Select.pm IO::Select extension Perl module
+ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm IO::Socket extension Perl module
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/dynixptx.pl Hint for NDBM_File for named architecture
ext/NDBM_File/hints/solaris.pl Hint for NDBM_File for named architecture
+ext/NDBM_File/hints/svr4.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/hpux.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/hints/ultrix.pl Hint for ODBM_File for named architecture
ext/ODBM_File/typemap ODBM extension interface types
+ext/Opcode/Makefile.PL Opcode extension makefile writer
+ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm Opcode extension Perl module
+ext/Opcode/Opcode.xs Opcode extension external subroutines
+ext/Opcode/Safe.pm Safe extension Perl module
+ext/Opcode/ops.pm "Pragma" form of Opcode extension Perl module
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/hints/next_3.pl Hint for POSIX for named architecture
ext/POSIX/typemap POSIX extension interface types
ext/SDBM_File/Makefile.PL SDBM extension makefile writer
ext/SDBM_File/SDBM_File.pm SDBM extension Perl module
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/pair.c SDBM kit
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/pair.h SDBM kit
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/readme.ms SDBM kit
-ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/readme.ps SDBM kit
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.3 SDBM kit
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c SDBM kit
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/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
handy.h Handy definitions
hints/3b1.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/3b1cc Hints for named architecture
+hints/README.NeXT Notes about NeXT hints.
hints/README.hints Notes about hints.
hints/aix.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/altos486.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/dynixptx.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/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/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_4.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/opus.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/os2.sh Hints for named architecture
-hints/powerunix.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/ti1500.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/titanos.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/ultrix_4.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/umips.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/unicos.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/unisysdynix.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/utekv.sh Hints for named architecture
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/Embed.pm Utilities for embedding Perl in C programs
+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/testlib.pm Fixes up @INC to use just-built extension
lib/ExtUtils/typemap Extension interface types
lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp External subroutine preprocessor
+lib/Fatal.pm Make do-or-die equivalents of functions
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/FindBin.pm Find name of currently executing program
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/SubstrHash.pm Compact hash for known key, value and table size
+lib/Shell.pm A module to make AUTOLOADed 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/Text/Wrap.pm Paragraph formatter
-lib/TieHash.pm Base class for tied hashes
+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/UNIVERSAL.pm Base class for ALL classes.
lib/abbrev.pl An abbreviation table builder
lib/assert.pl assertion and panic with stack trace
lib/bigfloat.pl An arbitrary precision floating point package
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
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
+nostdio.h Cause compile error on stdio calls
op.c Opcode syntax tree code
op.h Opcode syntax tree header
opcode.h Automatically generated opcode header
opcode.pl Opcode header generatore
+os2/Changes Changelog for OS/2 port
os2/Makefile.SHs Shared library generation for OS/2
+os2/OS2/ExtAttr/Changes EA access module
+os2/OS2/ExtAttr/ExtAttr.pm EA access module
+os2/OS2/ExtAttr/ExtAttr.xs EA access module
+os2/OS2/ExtAttr/MANIFEST EA access module
+os2/OS2/ExtAttr/Makefile.PL EA access module
+os2/OS2/ExtAttr/myea.h EA access module
+os2/OS2/ExtAttr/t/os2_ea.t EA access module
+os2/OS2/ExtAttr/typemap EA access module
+os2/OS2/PrfDB/Changes System database access module
+os2/OS2/PrfDB/MANIFEST System database access module
+os2/OS2/PrfDB/Makefile.PL System database access module
+os2/OS2/PrfDB/PrfDB.pm System database access module
+os2/OS2/PrfDB/PrfDB.xs System database access module
+os2/OS2/PrfDB/t/os2_prfdb.t System database access module
+os2/OS2/PrfDB/typemap System database access module
+os2/OS2/Process/MANIFEST system() constants in a module
+os2/OS2/Process/Makefile.PL system() constants in a module
+os2/OS2/Process/Process.pm system() constants in a module
+os2/OS2/Process/Process.xs system() constants in a module
+os2/OS2/REXX/Changes DLL access module
+os2/OS2/REXX/MANIFEST DLL access module
+os2/OS2/REXX/Makefile.PL DLL access module
+os2/OS2/REXX/REXX.pm DLL access module
+os2/OS2/REXX/REXX.xs DLL access module
+os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_cmprt.t DLL access module
+os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_dllld.t DLL access module
+os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_objcall.t DLL access module
+os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_sql.test DLL access module
+os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tiesql.test DLL access module
+os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tievar.t DLL access module
+os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tieydb.t DLL access module
+os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_varset.t DLL access module
+os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_vrexx.t DLL access module
os2/POSIX.mkfifo POSIX.xs patch.
-os2/README OS/2 info.
-os2/diff.MANIFEST MANIFEST patch
-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.init Suggested patch to move initialization code to headers.
-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/dl_os2.c Addon for dl_open
+os2/dlfcn.h Addon for dl_open
os2/os2.c Additional code for OS/2
os2/os2ish.h Header for OS/2
os2/perl2cmd.pl Corrects installed binaries under OS/2
perl.c main()
perl.h Global declarations
perl_exp.SH Creates list of exported symbols for AIX.
+perlio.c C code for PerlIO abstraction.
+perlio.h Interface to PerlIO abstraction.
+perlsdio.h Fake stdio using perlio
+perlsfio.h Prototype sfio mapping for PerlIO
perlsh A poor man's perl shell
perly.c A byacc'ed perly.y
perly.c.diff Fixup perly.c to allow recursion
perly.fixer A program to remove yacc stack limitations
perly.h The header file for perly.c
perly.y Yacc grammar for perl
+plan9/aperl Shell to make Perl error messages Acme-friendly
+plan9/arpa/inet.h Plan9 port: replacement C header file
+plan9/buildinfo Plan9 port: configuration information
+plan9/config.plan9 Plan9 port: config.h template
+plan9/exclude Plan9 port: tests to skip
+plan9/fndvers Plan9 port: update Perl version in config.plan9
+plan9/genconfig.pl Plan9 port: generate config.sh
+plan9/mkfile Plan9 port: Mk driver for build
+plan9/myconfig.plan9 Plan9 port: script to print config summary
+plan9/perlplan9.doc Plan9 port: Plan9-specific formatted documentation
+plan9/perlplan9.pod Plan9 port: Plan9-specific pod documentation
+plan9/plan9.c Plan9 port: Plan9-specific C routines
+plan9/plan9ish.h Plan9 port: Plan9-specific C header file
+plan9/setup.rc Plan9 port: script for easy build+install
+plan9/versnum Plan9 port: script to print version number
pod/Makefile Make pods into something else
-pod/PerlDoc/Functions.pm used by splitpod
pod/buildtoc generate perltoc.pod
+pod/checkpods.PL Tool to check for common errors in pods.
pod/perl.pod Top level perl man page
+pod/perlapio.pod IO API info
pod/perlbook.pod Book info
pod/perlbot.pod Object-oriented Bag o' Tricks
pod/perlcall.pod Callback info
pod/perlform.pod Format info
pod/perlfunc.pod Function info
pod/perlguts.pod Internals info
+pod/perli18n.pod I18N info
pod/perlipc.pod IPC info
pod/perllol.pod How to use lists of lists.
pod/perlmod.pod Module info
t/comp/decl.t See if declarations work
t/comp/multiline.t See if multiline strings work
t/comp/package.t See if packages work
+t/comp/redef.t See if we get correct warnings on redefined subs
t/comp/script.t See if script invokation works
t/comp/term.t See if more terms work
+t/harness Finer diagnostics from test suite
t/io/argv.t See if ARGV stuff works
t/io/dup.t See if >& works right
t/io/fs.t See if directory manipulations work
t/io/inplace.t See if inplace editing works
t/io/pipe.t See if secure pipes work
t/io/print.t See if print commands work
+t/io/read.t See if read works
t/io/tell.t See if file seeking works
+t/lib/abbrev.t See if Text::Abbrev works
t/lib/anydbm.t See if AnyDBM_File works
+t/lib/autoloader.t See if AutoLoader works
+t/lib/basename.t See if File::Basename works
t/lib/bigint.t See if bigint.pl works
t/lib/bigintpm.t See if BigInt.pm works
+t/lib/checktree.t See if File::CheckTree works
+t/lib/complex.t See if Math::Complex works
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/env.t See if Env works
+t/lib/fatal.t See if Fatal works
+t/lib/filecache.t See if FileCache works
+t/lib/filecopy.t See if File::Copy works
+t/lib/filefind.t See if File::Find works
+t/lib/filehand.t See if FileHandle works
+t/lib/filepath.t See if File::Path works
+t/lib/findbin.t See if FindBin works
t/lib/gdbm.t See if GDBM_File works
+t/lib/getopt.t See if Getopt::Std and Getopt::Long works
+t/lib/hostname.t See if Sys::Hostname works
+t/lib/io_dup.t See if dup()-related methods from IO work
+t/lib/io_pipe.t See if pipe()-related methods from IO work
+t/lib/io_sock.t See if INET socket-related methods from IO work
+t/lib/io_taint.t See if the untaint method from IO works
+t/lib/io_tell.t See if seek()/tell()-related methods from IO work
+t/lib/io_udp.t See if UDP socket-related methods from IO work
+t/lib/io_xs.t See if XSUB methods from IO work
t/lib/ndbm.t See if NDBM_File works
t/lib/odbm.t See if ODBM_File works
+t/lib/opcode.t See if Opcode works
+t/lib/ops.t See if Opcode works
+t/lib/parsewords.t See if Text::ParseWords works
t/lib/posix.t See if POSIX works
-t/lib/safe.t See if Safe works
+t/lib/safe1.t See if Safe works
+t/lib/safe2.t See if Safe works
t/lib/sdbm.t See if SDBM_File works
+t/lib/searchdict.t See if Search::Dict works
+t/lib/selectsaver.t See if SelectSaver works
t/lib/socket.t See if Socket works
t/lib/soundex.t See if Soundex works
+t/lib/symbol.t See if Symbol works
+t/lib/texttabs.t See if Text::Tabs works
+t/lib/textwrap.t See if Text::Wrap works
+t/lib/timelocal.t See if Time::Local works
t/op/append.t See if . works
t/op/array.t See if array operations work
t/op/auto.t See if autoincrement et all work
+t/op/bop.t See if bitops work
t/op/chop.t See if chop works
t/op/cond.t See if conditional expressions work
t/op/delete.t See if delete works
t/op/glob.t See if <*> works
t/op/goto.t See if goto works
t/op/groups.t See if $( works
+t/op/gv.t See if typeglobs work
+t/op/inc.t See if inc/dec of integers near 32 bit limit work
t/op/index.t See if index works
t/op/int.t See if int works
t/op/join.t See if join works
t/op/study.t See if study works
t/op/subst.t See if substitution works
t/op/substr.t See if substr works
+t/op/tie.t See if tie/untie functions work
t/op/time.t See if time functions work
t/op/undef.t See if undef works
t/op/unshift.t See if unshift works
t/re_tests Regular expressions for regexp.t
taint.c Tainting code
toke.c The tokener
+universal.c The default UNIVERSAL package methods
unixish.h Defines that are assumed on Unix
util.c Utility routines
util.h Public declarations for the above
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/ext/Stdio/0README.txt ReadMe file for VMS::Stdio
+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/ext/Stdio/test.pl regression tests for VMS::Stdio
+vms/ext/filespec.t See if VMS::Filespec funtions work
+vms/fndvers.com parse Perl version from patchlevel.h
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
x2p/Makefile.SH Precursor to Makefile
x2p/a2p.c Output of a2p.y run through byacc
x2p/a2p.h Global declarations
-x2p/a2p.man Manual page for awk to perl translator
+x2p/a2p.pod Pod for awk to perl translator
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/hash.c Associative arrays again
x2p/hash.h Public declarations for the above
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