Artistic The "Artistic License"
-Changes Differences from previous versions.
-Changes5.000 Differences from perl4.
-Changes5.001 Differences from 5.000.
-Changes5.002 Differences from 5.001.
-Changes5.003 Differences from 5.002.
+Changes Differences from previous version
+Changes5.000 Differences between 4.x and 5.000
+Changes5.001 Differences between 5.000 and 5.001
+Changes5.002 Differences between 5.001 and 5.002
+Changes5.003 Differences between 5.002 and 5.003
Configure Portability tool
configure Crude emulation of GNU configure
Copying The GNU General Public License
EXTERN.h Included before foreign .h files
-INSTALL Detailed installation instructions.
+INSTALL Detailed installation instructions
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.
+Porting/Glossary Glossary of config.sh variables
README The Instructions
README.os2 Notes about OS/2 port
README.plan9 Notes about Plan9 port
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/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/amigaos.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.
+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
keywords.h The keyword numbers
keywords.pl Program to write keywords.h
lib/AnyDBM_File.pm Perl module to emulate dbmopen
lib/AutoLoader.pm Autoloader base class
-lib/AutoSplit.pm A module to split up autoload functions
-lib/Benchmark.pm A module to time pieces of code and such
+lib/AutoSplit.pm Split up autoload functions
+lib/Benchmark.pm Measure execution time
lib/CPAN.pm Interface to Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm Utility for creating CPAN config files
lib/CPAN/Nox.pm Runs CPAN while avoiding compiled 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/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/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/Basename.pm Emulate the basename program
lib/File/CheckTree.pm Perl module supporting wholesale file mode validation
lib/File/Compare.pm Emulation of cmp command
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/File/stat.pm Object-oriented wrapper around CORE::stat
+lib/File/Path.pm Do things like `mkdir -p' and `rm -r'
+lib/File/stat.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in stat
lib/FileCache.pm Keep more files open than the system permits
lib/FileHandle.pm Backward-compatible front end to IO extension
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/Getopt/Long.pm Fetch command options (GetOptions)
+lib/Getopt/Std.pm Fetch command options (getopt, getopts)
lib/I18N/Collate.pm Routines to do strxfrm-based collation
lib/IPC/Open2.pm Open a two-ended pipe
lib/IPC/Open3.pm Open a three-ended pipe!
lib/Math/BigFloat.pm An arbitrary precision floating-point arithmetic package
lib/Math/BigInt.pm An arbitrary precision integer arithmetic package
lib/Math/Complex.pm A Complex package
-lib/Net/FTP.pm File Transfer Protocol client
-lib/Net/Netrc.pm Parser for ".netrc" file a la Berkeley UNIX
-lib/Net/Ping.pm Ping methods
-lib/Net/Socket.pm Support class for Net::FTP
-lib/Net/hostent.pm Object-oriented wrapper around CORE::gethost*
-lib/Net/netent.pm Object-oriented wrapper around CORE::getnet*
-lib/Net/protoent.pm Object-oriented wrapper around CORE::getproto*
-lib/Net/servent.pm Object-oriented wrapper around CORE::getserv*
+lib/Net/Ping.pm Hello, anybody home?
+lib/Net/hostent.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*
+lib/Net/netent.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*
+lib/Net/protoent.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*
+lib/Net/servent.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*
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 AUTOLOADed system() calls
+lib/Search/Dict.pm Perform binary search on dictionaries
+lib/SelectSaver.pm Enforce proper select scoping
+lib/SelfLoader.pm Load functions only on demand
+lib/Shell.pm 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/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/Time/gmtime.pm Object-oriented wrapper around CORE::gmtime
-lib/Time/localtime.pm Object-oriented wrapper around CORE::localtime
-lib/Time/tm.pm Perl implementation of "struct tm" for {gm,local}time
-lib/UNIVERSAL.pm Base class for ALL classes.
-lib/User/grent.pm Object-oriented wrapper around CORE::getgr*
-lib/User/pwent.pm Object-oriented wrapper around CORE::getpw*
+lib/Time/gmtime.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime
+lib/Time/localtime.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime
+lib/Time/tm.pm Internal oject for Time::{gm,local}time
+lib/UNIVERSAL.pm Base class for ALL classes
+lib/User/grent.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*
+lib/User/pwent.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*
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/locale.pm For "use locale"
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/open2.pl Open a two-ended pipe (uses IPC::Open2)
+lib/open3.pl Open a three-ended pipe (uses IPC::Open3)
+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
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/POSIX.mkfifo POSIX.xs patch
os2/diff.configure Patches to Configure
os2/dl_os2.c Addon for dl_open
os2/dlfcn.h Addon for dl_open
patchlevel.h The current patch level of perl
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.
+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
plan9/versnum Plan9 port: script to print version number
pod/Makefile Make pods into something else
pod/buildtoc generate perltoc.pod
-pod/checkpods.PL Tool to check for common errors in pods.
+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
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/open2.t See if IPC::Open2 works
+t/lib/open3.t See if IPC::Open3 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
unixish.h Defines that are assumed on Unix
util.c Utility routines
util.h Dummy header
-utils/Makefile Extract the utility scripts.
+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