=head1 DESCRIPTION
This page provides a brief table of contents for the rest of the Perl
-documentation set. It is meant to be be quickly scanned or grepped
+documentation set. It is meant to be scanned quickly or grepped
through to locate the proper section you're looking for.
=head1 BASIC DOCUMENTATION
-
-
-
=head2 perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
Many usability enhancements, Simplified grammar, Lexical scoping,
Arbitrarily nested data structures, Modularity and reusability,
-Object-oriented programming, Embeddable and Extensible, POSIX
-compliant, Package constructors and destructors, Multiple simultaneous
-DBM implementations, Subroutine definitions may now be autoloaded,
-Regular expression enhancements
+Object-oriented programming, Embeddable and Extensible, POSIX compliant,
+Package constructors and destructors, Multiple simultaneous DBM
+implementations, Subroutine definitions may now be autoloaded, Regular
+expression enhancements, Innumerable Unbundled Modules, Compilability
=item ENVIRONMENT
-
-HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5DB, PERLLIB
+HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5DB, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL, PERLLIB
=item AUTHOR
-
=item FILES
-
=item SEE ALSO
-
=item DIAGNOSTICS
-
=item BUGS
-
=item NOTES
+=head2 perldelta - what's new for perl5.004
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Supported Environments
+=item Core Changes
-=head2 perldata - Perl data types
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
+=item Compilation Option: Binary Compatibility With 5.003
-=over
+=item New Opcode Module and Revised Safe Module
-=item Variable names
+=item Fixed Parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
+=item Internal Change: FileHandle Deprecated
-=item Context
+=item Internal Change: PerlIO internal IO abstraction interface
+=item New and Changed Built-in Variables
-=item Scalar values
+$^E, $^H, $^M
+=item New and Changed Built-in Functions
-=item Scalar value constructors
+delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
+Control Structures, unpack() and pack(), use VERSION, use Module VERSION
+LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), $_ as Default, C<m//g> does not trigger a pos()
+reset on failure, nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on
+changing lexicals
+=item New Built-in Methods
-=item List value constructors
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+=item TIEHANDLE Now Supported
-=item Typeglobs and FileHandles
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, READLINE this, DESTROY this
+=item Malloc Enhancements
+-DEMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
+=item Miscellaneous Efficiency Enhancements
=back
+=item Pragmata
+use blib, use blib 'dir', use locale, use ops, use vmsish
+=item Modules
-=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
+=over
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Installation Directories
+
+=item Fcntl
+
+=item Module Information Summary
+
+=item IO
+
+=item Math::Complex
+
+=item DB_File
+
+=item Net::Ping
+
+=item Overridden Built-ins
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
=over
-=item Declarations
+=item xsubpp
+C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
-=item Simple statements
+=back
+=item C Language API Changes
-=item Compound statements
+C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>
+=item Documentation Changes
-=item Loop Control
+L<perlbug>, L<perldelta>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
+L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
+=item New Diagnostics
-=item For Loops
+"my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is
+not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too
+large, Attempt to free non-existent shared string, Attempt to use reference
+as lvalue in substr, Unsupported function fork, Ill-formed logical name
+|%s| in prime_env_iter, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict
+refs" in use, Constant subroutine %s redefined, Died, Integer overflow in
+hex number, Integer overflow in octal number, Name "%s::%s" used only once:
+possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Stub found
+while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Cannot
+resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `s', Out of memory!, Out of
+memory during request for %s, Possible attempt to put comments in qw()
+list, Possible attempt to separate words with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s}
+better written as $%s{%s}, untie attempted while %d inner references still
+exist, Value of %s construct can be "0"; test with defined(), Variable "%s"
+may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared, Warning:
+something's wrong, Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX,
+PERL_SH_DIR too long, Process terminated by SIG%s
+=item BUGS
-=item Foreach Loops
+=item SEE ALSO
+=item HISTORY
-=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
+=head2 perldata - Perl data types
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
-=item Goto
+=item Variable names
+=item Context
-=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
+=item Scalar values
+=item Scalar value constructors
+=item List value constructors
+=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
=back
+=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Declarations
+
+=item Simple statements
+
+=item Compound statements
+
+=item Loop Control
+
+=item For Loops
+
+=item Foreach Loops
+
+=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
+
+=item Goto
+
+=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
+=item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
+=back
=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=over
=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
-
=item The Arrow Operator
-
-=item Autoincrement and Autodecrement
-
+=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
=item Exponentiation
-
=item Symbolic Unary Operators
-
=item Binding Operators
-
=item Multiplicative Operators
-
=item Additive Operators
-
=item Shift Operators
-
=item Named Unary Operators
-
=item Relational Operators
-
=item Equality Operators
-
=item Bitwise And
-
=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
-
=item C-style Logical And
-
=item C-style Logical Or
-
=item Range Operator
-
=item Conditional Operator
-
=item Assignment Operators
-
=item Comma Operator
-
=item List Operators (Rightward)
-
=item Logical Not
-
=item Logical And
-
=item Logical or and Exclusive Or
-
=item C Operators Missing From Perl
-
unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
-=item Quote and Quotelike Operators
-
-
-=item Regexp Quotelike Operators
+=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
+=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/gimosx, /PATTERN/gimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>,
qq/STRING/, "STRING", qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/,
=item I/O Operators
-
=item Constant Folding
-
-=item Integer arithmetic
-
-
-
+=item Integer Arithmetic
=back
-
-
-
=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
=item DESCRIPTION
+i, m, s, x
=over
=item Regular Expressions
-
(?#text), (?:regexp), (?=regexp), (?!regexp), (?imsx)
=item Backtracking
-
=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
-
=item WARNING on \1 vs $1
-
-
-
=back
-
-
-
=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=over
=item Switches
-
-B<-0>I<digits>, B<-a>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:foo>, B<-D>I<number>,
-B<-D>I<list>, B<-e> I<commandline>, B<-F>I<regexp>, B<-i>I<extension>,
-B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>I<octnum>, B<-m>I<module>, B<-M>I<module>,
-B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>, B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>,
-B<-V:name>, B<-w>, B<-x> I<directory>
-
-
+B<-0>[I<digits>], B<-a>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I<foo>, B<-D>I<number>,
+B<-D>I<list>, B<-e> I<commandline>, B<-F>I<pattern>, B<-h>,
+B<-i>[I<extension>], B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>[I<octnum>],
+B<-m>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>,
+B<-[mM]>[B<->]I<module=arg[,arg]...>, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>,
+B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<name>, B<-w>, B<-x> I<directory>
=back
-
-
-
=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
=item DESCRIPTION
-
-
+ I<THERE IS NO GENERAL RULE FOR CONVERTING A LIST INTO A SCALAR!>
=over
=item Perl Functions by Category
-
-Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern
-matching, Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for
-list data, Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions,
-Functions for fixed length data or records, Functions for filehandles,
-files, or directories, Keywords related to the control flow of your
-perl program, Keywords related to scoping, Miscellaneous functions,
-Functions for processes and process groups, Keywords related to perl
-modules, Keywords related to classes and object-orientedness, Low-level
-socket functions, System V interprocess communication functions,
-Fetching user and group info, Fetching network info, Time-related
-functions
+Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching,
+Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data,
+Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed
+length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories,
+Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related
+to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process
+groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and
+object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess
+communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network
+info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted
+in perl5
=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
-
--X FILEHANDLE, -X EXPR, -X, abs VALUE, accept NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET,
-alarm SECONDS, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless
-REF,CLASSNAME, bless REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST,
-chomp VARIABLE, chomp LIST, chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop LIST, chop,
-chown LIST, chr NUMBER, chroot FILENAME, close FILEHANDLE, closedir
-DIRHANDLE, connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, crypt
-PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose ASSOC_ARRAY, dbmopen ASSOC,DBNAME,MODE,
-defined EXPR, delete EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do
-EXPR, dump LABEL, each ASSOC_ARRAY, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval
-EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, fcntl
-FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock
+-I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
+NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
+binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME, bless REF, caller EXPR, caller,
+chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE, chomp LIST, chomp, chop VARIABLE,
+chop LIST, chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER, chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot,
+close FILEHANDLE, closedir DIRHANDLE, connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK,
+cos EXPR, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MODE,
+defined EXPR, defined, delete EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do
+SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (),
+eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR,
+exp, fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock
FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, format, formline PICTURE, LIST, getc
FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin, getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid,
-getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname
-NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid
-GID, getservb
-
-
+getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME,
+getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID,
+getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr
+ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent,
+getgrent, gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, setpwent,
+setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN,
+setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent,
+endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET, getsockopt
+SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL, goto EXPR,
+goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex, import, index
+STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill LIST, last
+LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length, link
+OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR, log
+EXPR, log, lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map
+EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MODE, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgsnd
+ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, my EXPR, next LABEL, next, no
+Module LIST, oct EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE, opendir
+DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package NAMESPACE, pipe
+READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE
+LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT,
+LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/, qq/STRING/,
+qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta, rand EXPR, rand, read
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir
+DIRHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LEN,FLAGS, redo
+LABEL, redo, ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require EXPR, require,
+reset EXPR, reset, return LIST, reverse LIST, rewinddir DIRHANDLE, rindex
+STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME, rmdir, s///, scalar
+EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir DIRHANDLE,POS, select
+FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl
+ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
+SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
+WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
+shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
+shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
+EXPR, sleep, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, socketpair
+SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort BLOCK LIST,
+sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,
+splice ARRAY,OFFSET, split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split /PATTERN/,EXPR,
+split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf FORMAT, LIST, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR,
+srand, stat FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub BLOCK,
+sub NAME, sub NAME BLOCK, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LEN, substr EXPR,OFFSET,
+symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,
+sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, system
+LIST, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
+VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
+FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
+ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
+TEMPLATE,EXPR, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use Module LIST, use
+Module, use Module VERSION LIST, use VERSION, utime LIST, values HASH, vec
+EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn LIST, write
+FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
=back
-
-
-
=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=over
=item Predefined Names
-
-$ARG, $_, $<I<digit>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
-$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $MULTILINE_MATCHING, $*, input_line_number
-HANDLE EXPR, $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $, input_record_separator HANDLE
-EXPR, $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/, autoflush HANDLE EXPR,
-$OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|, output_field_separator HANDLE EXPR,
-$OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,, output_record_separator HANDLE EXPR,
-$OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS, $\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $",
-$SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $OFMT, $#, format_page_number HANDLE
-EXPR, $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%, format_lines_per_page HANDLE EXPR,
-$FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=, format_lines_left HANDLE EXPR,
-$FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, format_name HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_NAME, $~,
-format_top_name HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
-format_line_break_characters HANDLE EXPR,
-$FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, format_formfeed HANDLE EXPR,
-$FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, $OS_ERROR,
-$ERRNO, $!, $EVAL_ERROR, $@, $PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID,
-$UID, $<,
-
-
+$ARG, $_, $E<lt>I<digit>E<gt>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
+$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $MULTILINE_MATCHING, $*, input_line_number HANDLE
+EXPR, $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $, input_record_separator HANDLE EXPR,
+$INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/, autoflush HANDLE EXPR, $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH,
+$|, output_field_separator HANDLE EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,,
+output_record_separator HANDLE EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS, $\,
+$LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $OFMT, $#,
+format_page_number HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%,
+format_lines_per_page HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=,
+format_lines_left HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, format_name HANDLE
+EXPR, $FORMAT_NAME, $~, format_top_name HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
+format_line_break_characters HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS,
+$:, format_formfeed HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A,
+$CHILD_ERROR, $?, $OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E,
+$EVAL_ERROR, $@, $PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<,
+$EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID, $>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(,
+$EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $), $PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $PERL_VERSION, $],
+$DEBUGGING, $^D, $SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $OSNAME,
+$^O, $PERLDB, $^P, $BASETIME, $^T, $WARNING, $^W, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X,
+$ARGV, @ARGV, @INC, %INC, $ENV{expr}, $SIG{expr}
=back
-
-
-
=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=over
=item Private Variables via my()
-
=item Temporary Values via local()
-
=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
-
=item Pass by Reference
-
=item Prototypes
+=item Constant Functions
=item Overriding Builtin Functions
-
=item Autoloading
-
-
-
=back
=item SEE ALSO
-
-
-
-
=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages)
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=over
=item Packages
-
=item Symbol Tables
-
=item Package Constructors and Destructors
-
=item Perl Classes
-
=item Perl Modules
-
-
-
=back
=item NOTE
-
=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
-
=over
=item Pragmatic Modules
-
-diagnostics, integer, less, overload, sigtrap, strict, subs
+blib, diagnostics, integer, less, lib, locale, ops, overload, sigtrap,
+strict, subs, vmsish, vars
=item Standard Modules
-
-AnyDBM_File, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, Benchmark, Carp, Config, Cwd,
-DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber, DynaLoader, English, Env, Exporter,
-ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::Manifest,
-ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Miniperl, Fcntl, File::Basename,
-File::CheckTree, File::Find, FileHandle, File::Path, Getopt::Long,
-Getopt::Std, I18N::Collate, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, Net::Ping, POSIX,
-SelfLoader, Safe, Socket, Test::Harness, Text::Abbrev
+AnyDBM_File, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, Benchmark, CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime,
+CPAN::Nox, Carp, Class::Template, Config, Cwd, DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber,
+DirHandle, DynaLoader, English, Env, Exporter, ExtUtils::Embed,
+ExtUtils::Install, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_Unix,
+ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::Manifest,
+ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists, ExtUtils::testlib, Fcntl,
+File::Basename, File::CheckTree, File::Compare, File::Copy, File::Find,
+File::Path, File::stat, FileCache, FileHandle, FindBin, GDBM_File,
+Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, I18N::Collate, IO, IO::File, IO::Handle,
+IO::Pipe, IO::Seekable, IO::Select, IO::Socket, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3,
+Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt, Math::Complex, NDBM_File, Net::Ping,
+Net::hostent, Net::netent, Net::protoent, Net::servent, Opcode, Pod::Text,
+POSIX, SDBM_File, Safe, Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell,
+Socket, Symbol, Sys::Hostname, Sys::Syslog, Term::Cap, Term::Complete,
+Term::ReadLine, Test::Harness, Text::Abbrev, Text::ParseWords,
+Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Tie::Hash, Tie::RefHash,
+Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::Local, Time::gmtime, Time::localtime,
+Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, User::grent, User::pwent
=item Extension Modules
-
-
-
=back
=item CPAN
-
-Language Extensions and Documentation Tools, Development Support,
-Operating System Interfaces, Networking, Device Control (modems) and
-InterProcess Communication, Data Types and Data Type Utilities,
-Database Interfaces, User Interfaces, Interfaces to / Emulations of
-Other Programming Languages, File Names, File Systems and File Locking
-(see also File Handles), String Processing, Language Text Processing,
-Parsing and Searching, Option, Argument, Parameter and Configuration
-File Processing, Internationalization and Locale, Authentication,
-Security and Encryption, World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, CGI, MIME, Server
-and Daemon Utilities, Archiving and Compression, Images, Pixmap and
-Bitmap Manipulation, Drawing and Graphing, Mail and Usenet News,
-Control Flow Utilities (callbacks and exceptions etc), File Handle and
-Input/Output Stream Utilities, Miscellaneous Modules
-
-=item Modules: Creation, Use and Abuse
-
+Language Extensions and Documentation Tools, Development Support, Operating
+System Interfaces, Networking, Device Control (modems) and InterProcess
+Communication, Data Types and Data Type Utilities, Database Interfaces,
+User Interfaces, Interfaces to / Emulations of Other Programming Languages,
+File Names, File Systems and File Locking (see also File Handles), String
+Processing, Language Text Processing, Parsing, and Searching, Option,
+Argument, Parameter, and Configuration File Processing,
+Internationalization and Locale, Authentication, Security, and Encryption,
+World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, CGI, MIME, Server and Daemon Utilities,
+Archiving and Compression, Images, Pixmap and Bitmap Manipulation, Drawing,
+and Graphing, Mail and Usenet News, Control Flow Utilities (callbacks and
+exceptions etc), File Handle and Input/Output Stream Utilities,
+Miscellaneous Modules
+
+=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
=over
=item Guidelines for Module Creation
-
Do similar modules already exist in some form?, Try to design the new
-module to be easy to extend and reuse, Some simple style guidelines,
-Select what to export, Select a name for the module, Have you got it
-right?, README and other Additional Files, A description of the
-module/package/extension etc, A copyright notice - see below,
-Prerequisites - what else you may need to have, How to build it -
-possible changes to Makefile.PL etc, How to install it, Recent changes
-in this release, especially incompatibilities, Changes / enhancements
-you plan to make in the future, Adding a Copyright Notice, Give the
-module a version/issue/release number, How to release and distribute a
-module, Take care when changing a released module
+module to be easy to extend and reuse, Some simple style guidelines, Select
+what to export, Select a name for the module, Have you got it right?,
+README and other Additional Files, A description of the
+module/package/extension etc, A copyright notice - see below, Prerequisites
+- what else you may need to have, How to build it - possible changes to
+Makefile.PL etc, How to install it, Recent changes in this release,
+especially incompatibilities, Changes / enhancements you plan to make in
+the future, Adding a Copyright Notice, Give the module a
+version/issue/release number, How to release and distribute a module, Take
+care when changing a released module
=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
-
There is no requirement to convert anything, Consider the implications,
-Make the most of the opportunity, The pl2pm utility will get you
-started, Adds the standard Module prologue lines, Converts package
-specifiers from ' to ::, Converts die(...) to croak(...), Several other
-minor changes
+Make the most of the opportunity, The pl2pm utility will get you started,
+Adds the standard Module prologue lines, Converts package specifiers from '
+to ::, Converts die(...) to croak(...), Several other minor changes
=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
-
Complete applications rarely belong in the Perl Module Library, Many
-applications contain some perl code which could be reused, Break-out
-the reusable code into one or more separate module files, Take the
-opportunity to reconsider and redesign the interfaces, In some cases
-the 'application' can then be reduced to a small
-
-
+applications contain some perl code which could be reused, Break-out the
+reusable code into one or more separate module files, Take the opportunity
+to reconsider and redesign the interfaces, In some cases the 'application'
+can then be reduced to a small
=back
-
-
-
-=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
+=head2 perlform - Perl formats
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=over
-=item Symbolic references
+=item Format Variables
+=back
-=item Not-so-symbolic references
+=item NOTES
+=over
+=item Footers
+=item Accessing Formatting Internals
=back
-=item WARNING
-
+=item WARNINGS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
+localization)
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
+=item USING LOCALES
+=over
-=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
+=item The use locale pragma
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The setlocale function
+=item The localeconv function
-arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
-more elaborate constructs, recursive and self-referential data
-structures, objects
+=back
-=item REFERENCES
+=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
+=over
-=item COMMON MISTAKES
+=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
+=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
-=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
+=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
+=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
-=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
+=item LC_TIME
+=item Other categories
-=item DEBUGGING
+=back
+=item SECURITY
-=item CODE EXAMPLES
+B<Comparison operators> (C<lt>, C<le>, C<ge>, C<gt> and C<cmp>):,
+B<Case-mapping interpolation> (with C<\l>, C<\L>, C<\u> or <\U>),
+B<Matching operator> (C<m//>):, B<Substitution operator> (C<s///>):,
+B<In-memory formatting function> (sprintf()):, B<Output formatting
+functions> (printf() and write()):, B<Case-mapping functions> (lc(),
+lcfirst(), uc(), ucfirst()):, B<POSIX locale-dependent functions>
+(localeconv(), strcoll(),strftime(), strxfrm()):, B<POSIX character class
+tests> (isalnum(), isalpha(), isdigit(),isgraph(), islower(), isprint(),
+ispunct(), isspace(), isupper(),
+isxdigit()):
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=item LISTS OF LISTS
+PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY, LC_NUMERIC,
+LC_TIME, LANG
+=item NOTES
=over
-=item Declaration of a LIST OF LISTS
-
+=item Backward compatibility
-=item Generation of a LIST OF LISTS
+=item I18N:Collate obsolete
+=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
-=item Access and Printing of a LIST OF LISTS
+=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
+=item Freely available locale definitions
+=item I18n and l10n
+=item An imperfect standard
=back
-=item HASHES OF LISTS
-
+=item BUGS
=over
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF LISTS
+=item Broken systems
+=back
-=item Generation of a HASH OF LISTS
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
-=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF LISTS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
+=item Symbolic references
+=item Not-so-symbolic references
=back
-=item LISTS OF HASHES
+=item WARNING
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over
+=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
-=item Declaration of a LIST OF HASHES
+=item DESCRIPTION
+arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
+more elaborate constructs
-=item Generation of a LIST OF HASHES
+=item REFERENCES
+=item COMMON MISTAKES
-=item Access and Printing of a LIST OF HASHES
+=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
+=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
+
+=item DEBUGGING
+
+=item CODE EXAMPLES
+
+=item LISTS OF LISTS
+
+=over
+
+=item Declaration of a LIST OF LISTS
+=item Generation of a LIST OF LISTS
+=item Access and Printing of a LIST OF LISTS
=back
-=item HASHES OF HASHES
+=item HASHES OF LISTS
+
+=over
+
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF LISTS
+
+=item Generation of a HASH OF LISTS
+
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF LISTS
+
+=back
+=item LISTS OF HASHES
=over
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item Declaration of a LIST OF HASHES
+=item Generation of a LIST OF HASHES
-=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item Access and Printing of a LIST OF HASHES
+
+=back
+=item HASHES OF HASHES
-=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
+=over
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
=back
=item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-
=over
=item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-
=item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
-
=item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
+=back
+=item Database Ties
+=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Database Ties
+=head2 perllol, perlLoL - Manipulating Lists of Lists in Perl
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Declaration and Access of Lists of Lists
+
+=item Growing Your Own
+
+=item Access and Printing
+=item Slices
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
+=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Creating a Class
+=over
-=head2 perllol, perlLoL - Manipulating Lists of Lists in Perl
+=item Object Representation
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Class Interface
+=item Constructors and Instance Methods
-=item Declaration and Access of Lists of Lists
+=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
+=item Destructors
-=item Growing Your Own
+=item Other Object Methods
+=back
-=item Access and Printing
+=item Class Data
+=over
-=item Slices
+=item Accessing Class Data
+=item Debugging Methods
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Class Destructors
+=item Documenting the Interface
-=item AUTHOR
+=back
+=item Aggregation
+=item Inheritance
+=over
+=item Overridden Methods
-=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
+=item Multiple Inheritance
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
+=back
+
+=item Alternate Object Representations
=over
-=item An Object is Simply a Reference
+=item Arrays as Objects
+=item Closures as Objects
-=item A Class is Simply a Package
+=back
+=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
-=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
+=over
+=item Autoloaded Data Methods
-=item Method Invocation
+=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
+=back
-=item Destructors
+=item Metaclassical Tools
+=over
-=item WARNING
+=item Class::Template
+=item Data Members as Variables
-=item Summary
+=item NOTES
+=item Object Terminology
-=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
+=back
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+=over
+=item Acknowledgments
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item An Object is Simply a Reference
+
+=item A Class is Simply a Package
+
+=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
+
+=item Method Invocation
+
+=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
+
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+
+=item Destructors
+=item WARNING
+
+=item Summary
+=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
+=back
+=item SEE ALSO
=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=over
=item Tying Scalars
-
TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, DESTROY this
=item Tying Arrays
-
TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
DESTROY this
=item Tying Hashes
-
-USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key,
-STORE this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key,
-FIRSTKEY this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, DESTROY this
+USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
+this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
+this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, DESTROY this
=item Tying FileHandles
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, READLINE this, DESTROY this
-
+=item The C<untie> Gotcha
=back
=item SEE ALSO
-
=item BUGS
-
=item AUTHOR
-
-
-
-
=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=item OO SCALING TIPS
-
=item INSTANCE VARIABLES
-
=item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
-
=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
-
=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
-
=item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
-
=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
-
=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
-
=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
-
=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
-
=item DELEGATION
+=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
+safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Signals
+=item Named Pipes
-=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
+=item Using open() for IPC
=over
-=item Debugging
-
+=item Safe Pipe Opens
-h, T, s, n, f, c, c line, <CR>, l min+incr, l min-max, l line, l, -, w
-line, l subname, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S, t, b line [ condition ], b
-subname [ condition ], d line, D, a line command, A, < command, >
-command, V package [symbols], X [symbols], ! number, ! -number, H
--number, q or ^D, command, p expr
+=item Bidirectional Communication
-=item Customization
+=back
+=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
-=item Other resources
+=over
+=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
+=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
+=item UDP: Message Passing
=back
-=item BUGS
-
-
-
-
-
-=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
+=item SysV IPC
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item WARNING
+=item NOTES
+=item BUGS
+=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
-=head2 perlform - Perl formats
+=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The Perl Debugger
=over
-=item Format Variables
-
+=item Debugger Commands
+h [command], p expr, x expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], T, s [expr], n
+[expr], E<lt>CRE<gt>, c [line|sub], l, l min+incr, l min-max, l line, l
+subname, -, w [line], f filename, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S [[!]pattern],
+t, t expr, b [line] [condition], b subname [condition], b postpone subname
+[condition], b load filename, b compile subname, d [line], D, a [line]
+command, A, O [opt[=val]] [opt"val"] [opt?].., C<recallCommand>,
+C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>, C<warnLevel>,
+C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>, C<PrintRet>,
+C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>,
+C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>, C<DumpDBFiles>, C<DumpPackages>, C<quote>,
+C<HighBit>, C<undefPrint>, C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>,
+C<NonStop>, E<lt> [ command ], E<lt>E<lt> command, E<gt> command,
+E<gt>E<gt> command, { [ command ], {{ command, ! number, ! -number, !
+pattern, !! cmd, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, = [alias value],
+command, m expr, m package
+=item Debugger input/output
-=back
-
-=item NOTES
+Prompt, Multi-line commands, Stack backtrace, Listing, Frame listing
+=item Debugging compile-time statements
-=over
+=item Debugger Customization
-=item Footers
+=item Readline Support
+=item Editor Support for Debugging
-=item Accessing Formatting Internals
+=item The Perl Profiler
+=item Debugger support in perl
+=item Debugger Internals
+=item Other resources
=back
-=item WARNING
-
-
+=item BUGS
+=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos,
-pipes, safe subprocceses, sockets, and semaphores)
+=head2 perlsec - Perl security
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
-=item Signals
+=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
+=item Switches On the "#!" Line
-=item Named Pipes
+=item Cleaning Up Your Path
+=item Security Bugs
-=item Using open() for IPC
+=back
+
+=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over
-=item Safe Pipe Opens
+=item Awk Traps
+=item C Traps
-=item Bidirectional Communication
+=item Sed Traps
+=item Shell Traps
+=item Perl Traps
+=item Perl4 to Perl5 Traps
-=back
+Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps, Parsing Traps, Numerical
+Traps, General data type traps, Context Traps - scalar, list contexts,
+Precedence Traps, General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc,
+Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps, OS Traps, DBM Traps, Unclassified Traps
-=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
+=item Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps
+Discontinuance, Deprecation, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance,
+Discontinuance, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance, BugFix,
+Discontinuance, Deprecation, Discontinuance
-=over
+=item Parsing Traps
-=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
+Parsing, Parsing, Parsing
+=item Numerical Traps
-=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
+Numerical, Numerical, Numerical
+=item General data type traps
-=item UDP: Message Passing
+(Arrays), (Arrays), (Hashes), (Globs), (Scalar String), (Constants),
+(Scalars), (Variable Suicide)
+=item Context Traps - scalar, list contexts
+(list context), (scalar context), (scalar context), (list, builtin)
+=item Precedence Traps
-=back
+Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence,
+Precedence
-=item SysV IPC
+=item General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc.
+Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular
+Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression,
+Regular Expression
-=item WARNING
+=item Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps
+Subroutine calls provide lvalue context to arguments, (Signals), (Sort
+Subroutine), warn() won't let you specify a filehandle
-=item NOTES
+=item OS Traps
+(SysV), (SysV)
-=item BUGS
+=item Interpolation Traps
+Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation,
+Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation
-=item AUTHOR
+=item DBM Traps
+DBM, DBM
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Unclassified Traps
+Unclassified
+=back
+=head2 perlstyle - Perl style guide
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=head2 perlsec - Perl security
+=head2 perlpod - plain old documentation
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
+=item Common Pod Pitfalls
+=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
-=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
+=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
-=over
-
-=item Awk Traps
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
-=item C Traps
+=item PREAMBLE
+B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a UNIX program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
+Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
-=item Sed Traps
+=item ROADMAP
+=item Compiling your C program
-=item Shell Traps
+=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
+=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
-=item Perl Traps
+=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
+=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
-=item Perl4 Traps
+=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
+=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
+=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
+=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
+program
=back
+=item MORAL
+=item AUTHOR
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=head2 perlstyle - Perl style guide
+=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+B<PerlIO *>, B<PerlIO_stdin()>, B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>,
+B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>, B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>,
+B<PerlIO_printf(f,fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_vprintf(f,fmt,a)>,
+B<PerlIO_stdoutf(fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_read(f,buf,count)>,
+B<PerlIO_write(f,buf,count)>, B<PerlIO_close(f)>, B<PerlIO_puts(s,f)>,
+B<PerlIO_putc(c,f)>, B<PerlIO_ungetc(c,f)>, B<PerlIO_getc(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_eof(f)>, B<PerlIO_error(f)>, B<PerlIO_fileno(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_clearerr(f)>, B<PerlIO_flush(f)>, B<PerlIO_tell(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_seek(f,o,w)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
+B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>
+=over
+=item Co-existence with stdio
+B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,flags)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,flags)>,
+B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>, B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_has_cntptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_ptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_cnt(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_canset_cnt(f)>, B<PerlIO_fast_gets(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)>, B<PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_has_base(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
-=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over
=item Introduction
-
=item On The Road
-
=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
-
=item The Argument Stack
-
=item The RETVAL Variable
-
=item The MODULE Keyword
-
=item The PACKAGE Keyword
-
=item The PREFIX Keyword
-
=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
-
=item The CODE: Keyword
-
=item The INIT: Keyword
-
=item The NO_INIT Keyword
-
=item Initializing Function Parameters
-
=item Default Parameter Values
-
=item The PREINIT: Keyword
+=item The SCOPE: Keyword
=item The INPUT: Keyword
-
=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
-
=item The PPCODE: Keyword
-
=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
-
=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
-
=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
-
=item The BOOT: Keyword
-
=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
-
=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
-
=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
-
=item The ALIAS: Keyword
-
=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
-
=item The CASE: Keyword
-
=item The & Unary Operator
-
=item Inserting Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
-
=item Using XS With C++
-
=item Interface Strategy
-
=item Perl Objects And C Structures
-
=item The Typemap
-
-
-
=back
=item EXAMPLES
-
=item XS VERSION
-
=item AUTHOR
-
-
-
-
-=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for XSUB's
+=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for XSUBs
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=over
=item VERSION CAVEAT
-
=item DYNAMIC VERSUS STATIC
-
=item EXAMPLE 1
-
=item EXAMPLE 2
-
=item WHAT HAS GONE ON?
+=item WRITING GOOD TEST SCRIPTS
=item EXAMPLE 3
-
=item WHAT'S NEW HERE?
-
=item INPUT AND OUTPUT PARAMETERS
-
=item THE XSUBPP COMPILER
-
=item THE TYPEMAP FILE
-
=item WARNING
+=item EXAMPLE 4
-=item SPECIFYING ARGUMENTS TO XSUBPP
+=item WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE?
+=item SPECIFYING ARGUMENTS TO XSUBPP
=item THE ARGUMENT STACK
-
=item EXTENDING YOUR EXTENSION
-
=item DOCUMENTING YOUR EXTENSION
-
=item INSTALLING YOUR EXTENSION
-
=item SEE ALSO
-
=item Author
-
=item Last Changed
-
-
-
=back
-
-
-
=head2 perlguts - Perl's Internal Functions
=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item Datatypes
-
+=item Variables
=over
-=item What is an "IV"?
+=item Datatypes
+=item What is an "IV"?
=item Working with SV's
-
=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
-
=item Working with AV's
-
=item Working with HV's
-
=item References
-
=item Blessed References and Class Objects
-
-
-
-=back
-
=item Creating New Variables
+=item Reference Counts and Mortality
-=item XSUB's and the Argument Stack
+=item Stashes and Globs
+=item Double-Typed SV's
-=item Mortality
+=item Magic Variables
+=item Assigning Magic
-=item Stashes
+=item Magic Virtual Tables
+=item Finding Magic
-=item Magic
+=back
+=item Subroutines
=over
-=item Assigning Magic
-
+=item XSUB's and the Argument Stack
-=item Magic Virtual Tables
+=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
+=item Memory Allocation
-=item Finding Magic
+=item PerlIO
+=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
+=item Scratchpads
+=item Scratchpads and recursions
=back
-=item Double-Typed SV's
+=item Compiled code
+=over
-=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
+=item Code tree
+=item Examining the tree
-=item Memory Allocation
+=item Compile pass 1: check routines
+=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
-=item API LISTING
+=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
+=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
-AvFILL, av_clear, av_extend, av_fetch, av_len, av_make, av_pop,
-av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift, CLASS, Copy, croak,
-CvSTASH, DBsingle, DBsub, dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, dXSARGS, ENTER,
-EXTEND, FREETMPS, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, GIMME, G_NOARGS,
-G_SCALAR, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv, GvSV, he_free, hv_clear, hv_delete,
-hv_exists, hv_fetch, hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, hv_iternext,
-hv_iternextsv, hv_iterval, hv_magic, HvNAME, hv_store, hv_undef,
-isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, items, LEAVE,
-MARK, mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_len, mg_magical,
-mg_set, Move, na, New, Newc, Newz, newAV, newHV, newRV, newSV, newSViv,
-newSVnv, newSVpv, newSVrv, newSVsv, newXS, newXSproto, Nullav, Nullch,
-Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv, ORIGMARK, perl_alloc, perl_call_argv,
-perl_call_method, perl_call_pv, perl_call_sv, perl_construct,
-perl_destruct, perl_eval_sv, perl_free, perl_get_av, perl_get_cv,
-perl_get_hv, perl_get_sv, perl_parse, perl_require_pv, perl_run, POPi,
-POPl, POPp, POPn, POPs,
+=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item API LISTING
+AvFILL, av_clear, av_extend, av_fetch, av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push,
+av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift, CLASS, Copy, croak, CvSTASH,
+DBsingle, DBsub, DBtrace, dMARK, dORIGMARK, dowarn, dSP, dXSARGS, dXSI32,
+dXSI32, ENTER, EXTEND, FREETMPS, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, GIMME,
+G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv,
+GvSV, he_delayfree, he_free, hv_clear, hv_delete, hv_exists, hv_fetch,
+hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv, hv_iterval, hv_magic,
+HvNAME, hv_store, hv_undef, isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE,
+isUPPER, items, ix, LEAVE, MARK, mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free,
+mg_get, mg_len, mg_magical, mg_set, Move, na, New, Newc, Newz, newAV,
+newHV, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, newSV, newSViv, newSVnv, newSVpv, newSVrv,
+newSVsv, newXS, newXSproto, Nullav, Nullch, Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv,
+ORIGMARK, perl_alloc, perl_call_argv, perl_call_method, perl_call_pv,
+perl_call_sv, perl_construct, perl_destruct, perl_eval_sv, perl_free,
+perl_get_av, perl_get_cv, perl_get_hv, perl_get_sv, perl_parse,
+perl_require_pv, perl_run, POPi, POPl, POPp, POPn, POPs, PUSHMARK, PUSHi,
+PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUTBACK, Renew, Renewc, RETVAL, safefree, safemalloc,
+saferealloc, savepv, savepvn, SAVETMPS, SP, SPAGAIN, ST, strEQ, strGE,
+strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ, strnNE, sv_2mortal, sv_bless, sv_catpv,
+sv_catpvn, sv_catsv, sv_cmp, sv_cmp, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, sv_dec, sv_dec,
+SvEND, sv_eq, SvGROW, sv_grow, sv_inc, SvIOK, SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on,
+SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only, SvIOKp, sv_isa, SvIV, sv_isobject, SvIVX, SvLEN,
+sv_len, sv_len, sv_magic, sv_mortalcopy, SvOK, sv_newmortal, sv_no, SvNIOK,
+SvNIOK_off, SvNIOKp, SvNOK, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNOK_only,
+SvNOKp, SvNV, SvNVX, SvPOK, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPOK_only,
+SvPOKp, SvPV, SvPVX, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK,
+SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, sv_setiv, sv_setnv, sv_setpv, sv_setpvn,
+sv_setref_iv, sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setsv, SvSTASH,
+SVt_IV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG, SVt_NV, SvTRUE,
+SvTYPE, svtype, SvUPGRADE, sv_upgrade, sv_undef, sv_unref, sv_usepvn,
+sv_yes, THIS, toLOWER, toUPPER, warn, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XS,
+XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV,
+XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNV, XST_mNO,
+XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK, Zero
+
+=item EDITOR
=item DATE
-
-
-
-
=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
=item DESCRIPTION
-
An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
=item THE PERL_CALL FUNCTIONS
-
-B<perl_call_sv>, B<perl_call_pv>, B<perl_call_method>,
-B<perl_call_argv>
+B<perl_call_sv>, B<perl_call_pv>, B<perl_call_method>, B<perl_call_argv>
=item FLAG VALUES
-
=over
=item G_SCALAR
-
=item G_ARRAY
-
=item G_DISCARD
-
=item G_NOARGS
-
-=item G_EVAL
-
+=item G_EVAL
=item G_KEEPERR
-
-=item Determining the Context
-
-
-
+=item Determining the Context
=back
=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-
=item EXAMPLES
-
=over
=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
-
=item Passing Parameters
-
=item Returning a Scalar
-
=item Returning a list of values
-
=item Returning a list in a scalar context
-
=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
-
=item Using G_EVAL
-
=item Using G_KEEPERR
-
=item Using perl_call_sv
-
=item Using perl_call_argv
-
=item Using perl_call_method
-
=item Using GIMME
-
=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
-
=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
-
1. Ignore the problem - Allow only 1 callback, 2. Create a sequence of
callbacks - hard wired limit, 3. Use a parameter to map to the Perl
callback
=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
-
-
-
=back
=item SEE ALSO
-
=item AUTHOR
-
=item DATE
+=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
+=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
+=item BUGS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+=head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning
+diagnostics
-=over
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item PREAMBLE
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
-B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a UNIX program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
-Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
+=item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
-=item ROADMAP
+=item The I<splain> Program
+=back
-=item Compiling your C program
+=item EXAMPLES
+=item INTERNALS
-=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
+=item BUGS
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
+=head2 integer - Perl pragma to compute arithmetic in integer instead of
+double
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
-=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C
-program
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over
-=item MORAL
+=item ADDING DIRECTORIES TO @INC
+=item DELETING DIRECTORIES FROM @INC
-=item AUTHOR
+=item RESTORING ORIGINAL @INC
+=back
+=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
+operations
-=head2 perlpod - plain old documentation
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
-=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
-=item AUTHOR
-
-
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item CAVEAT SCRIPTOR
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
+=over
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Declaration of overloaded functions
+=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
+FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
+=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
+=item Overloadable Operations
-=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
+I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
+I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean, string
+and numeric conversion>, I<Special>
+=item Inheritance and overloading
+Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
+is inherited by derived classes
+=back
-=head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning
-diagnostics
+=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=over
+=item Last Resort
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Fallback
+C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
-=over
+=item Copy Constructor
-=item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
+B<Example>
+=back
-=item The I<splain> Program
+=item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
+I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
+I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($a)>, I<Unary minus>, I<Negation>,
+I<Concatenation>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Copy operator>
+=item WARNING
+=item Run-time Overloading
-=back
+=item Public functions
-=item EXAMPLES
+overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
+=item IMPLEMENTATION
-=item INTERNALS
+=item AUTHOR
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
=item BUGS
+=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
-=item AUTHOR
-
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item OPTIONS
+=over
-=head2 integer - Perl pragma to compute arithmetic in integer instead
-of double
+=item SIGNAL HANDLERS
-=item SYNOPSIS
+B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
+=item SIGNAL LISTS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
+=item OTHER
+B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
+=back
+=item EXAMPLES
-=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the
-compiler
+=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
+=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
+=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
-=over
-
-=item ADDING DIRECTORIES TO @INC
-
-
-=item DELETING DIRECTORIES FROM @INC
+=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item RESTORING ORIGINAL @INC
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
+=item DBM Comparisons
+[0], [1], [2], [3]
=back
=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 AutoLoader - load functions only on demand
-=item AUTHOR
-
-
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
-=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
+=item __END__
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Loading Stubs
+=item Package Lexicals
-=item CAVEAT SCRIPTOR
+=item AutoLoader vs. SelfLoader
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CAVEAT
+=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
-=over
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Declaration of overloaded functions
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CAVEATS
-=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of code
-FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
-=item Overloadable Operations
+=item Methods
+new, debug
-I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
-I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean,
-string and numeric conversion>, I<Special>
+=item Standard Exports
+timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis, timethese, timediff, timestr
+=item Optional Exports
=back
-=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
+=item NOTES
+=item INHERITANCE
-=over
+=item CAVEATS
-=item Last Resort
+=item AUTHORS
+=item MODIFICATION HISTORY
-=item Fallback
+=head2 Bundle::CPAN - A bundle to play with all the other modules on CPAN
+=item SYNOPSIS
-C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
+=item CONTENTS
-=item Copy Constructor
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
-B<Example>
+=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over
-=item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
+=item Interactive Mode
+Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
+install, clean modules or distributions, readme, look module or
+distribution
-I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
-I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($a)>, I<Unary minus>,
-I<Concatenation>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Copy operator>
+=item CPAN::Shell
-=item WARNING
+=item autobundle
+=item recompile
-=item Run-time Overloading
+=item ProgrammerE<39>s interface
+=item Cache Manager
-=item Public functions
+=item Bundles
+=item Prerequisites
-overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg),
-overload::Method(obj,op)
+=item Debugging
-=item IMPLEMENTATION
+=item Floppy, Zip, and all that Jazz
+=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item CONFIGURATION
+o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>, o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
+E<lt>valueE<gt>, o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>, o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
+[shift|pop], o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt> [unshift|push|splice]
+E<lt>listE<gt>
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=item SECURITY
+=item EXPORT
=item BUGS
+=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
-
-
-=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable stack backtrace on unexpected
-signals
+=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
-
-
-
-=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
+=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
+module
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
-C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
+=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
+=head2 Class::Template - struct/member template builder
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXAMPLES
+Example 1, Example 2
+=item NOTES
-
-=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names
+=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+myconfig(), config_sh(), config_vars(@names)
+=item EXAMPLE
+=item WARNING
+=item NOTE
-=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
-
+=head2 Cwd, getcwd - get pathname of current working directory
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
+=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
=over
-=item DBM Comparisons
-
+=item How does DB_File interface to Berkeley DB?
-[0], [1], [2], [3]
+=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
+=item Default Parameters
+=item In Memory Databases
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-
-
-
+=item DB_HASH
-=head2 AutoLoader - load functions only on demand
+=over
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item A Simple Example.
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DB_BTREE
+=over
+=item Changing the BTREE sort order
+=item Handling duplicate keys
+=item The get_dup method.
-=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
+=item Matching Partial Keys
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=back
+=item DB_RECNO
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
+=item The bval option
+=item A Simple Example
+=item Extra Methods
+B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
+B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>
-=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of code
+=item Another Example
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=back
+=item THE API INTERFACE
-=item DESCRIPTION
+B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
+$X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
+$flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
+$value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
+=item HINTS AND TIPS
=over
-=item Methods
+=item Locking Databases
+=item Sharing databases with C applications
-new, debug
+=item The untie gotcha
-=item Standard Exports
+=back
+=item COMMON QUESTIONS
-timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis, timethese, timediff, timestr
+=over
-=item Optional Exports
+=item Why is there Perl source in my database?
+=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
+=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
+=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
=back
-=item NOTES
-
-
-=item INHERITANCE
+=item HISTORY
+=item BUGS
-=item CAVEATS
+=item AVAILABILITY
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTHORS
+=item AUTHOR
+=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
-=item MODIFICATION HISTORY
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
+=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
+@dl_modules, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(),
+dl_load_file(), dl_loadflags(), dl_find_symbol(),
+dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(),
+bootstrap()
+=item AUTHOR
-
-
-=head2 Cwd, getcwd - get pathname of current working directory
+=head2 English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation
+variables
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 Env - perl module that imports environment variables
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
-=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB
+=head2 Exporter - Implements default import method for modules
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
-DB_HASH, DB_BTREE, DB_RECNO
+=item Selecting What To Export
-=over
+=item Specialised Import Lists
-=item How does DB_File interface to Berkeley DB?
+=item Module Version Checking
+=item Managing Unknown Symbols
-=item Differences with Berkeley DB
+=item Tag Handling Utility Functions
+=back
-=item RECNO
+=head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item In Memory Databases
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item @EXPORT
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item Using the Berkeley DB Interface Directly
+xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(),
+ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules)
+=item EXAMPLES
-get, put, del, fd, seq, sync
+=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+=head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them
-=over
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Using HASH
+=item DESCRIPTION
+For static extensions, For dynamic extensions, For dynamic extensions
-=item Using BTREE
+=over
+=item EXTRALIBS
-=item Using RECNO
+=item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH
+=item BSLOADLIBS
-=item Locking Databases
+=back
+=item PORTABILITY
+=over
+=item VMS implementation
=back
-=item HISTORY
+=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
-=item WARNINGS
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item BUGS
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AVAILABILITY
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item METHODS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over
+=item Preloaded methods
-=item AUTHOR
+canonpath, catdir, catfile, curdir, rootdir, updir
+=item SelfLoaded methods
+c_o (o), cflags (o), clean (o), const_cccmd (o), const_config (o),
+const_loadlibs (o), constants (o), depend (o), dir_target (o), dist (o),
+dist_basics (o), dist_ci (o), dist_core (o), dist_dir (o), dist_test (o),
+dlsyms (o), dynamic (o), dynamic_bs (o), dynamic_lib (o), exescan,
+extliblist, file_name_is_absolute, find_perl
+=item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile
+force (o), guess_name, has_link_code, init_dirscan, init_main, init_others,
+install (o), installbin (o), libscan (o), linkext (o), lsdir, macro (o),
+makeaperl (o), makefile (o), manifypods (o), maybe_command,
+maybe_command_in_dirs, needs_linking (o), nicetext, parse_version, pasthru
+(o), path, perl_script, perldepend (o), pm_to_blib, post_constants (o),
+post_initialize (o), postamble (o), prefixify, processPL (o), realclean
+(o), replace_manpage_separator, static (o), static_lib (o), staticmake (o),
+subdir_x (o), subdirs (o), test (o), test_via_harness (o), test_via_script
+(o), tool_autosplit (o), tools_other (o), tool_xsubpp (o), top_targets (o),
+writedoc, xs_c (o), xs_o (o)
-=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
+=back
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_VMS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
+=item Methods always loaded
+eliminate_macros, fixpath, catdir, catfile, wraplist, curdir (override),
+rootdir (override), updir (override)
+=item SelfLoaded methods
-=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
+guess_name (override), find_perl (override), path (override), maybe_command
+(override), maybe_command_in_dirs (override), perl_script (override),
+file_name_is_absolute (override), replace_manpage_separator, init_others
+(override), constants (override), cflags (override), const_cccmd
+(override), pm_to_blib (override), tool_autosplit (override), tool_sxubpp
+(override), xsubpp_version (override), tools_other (override), dist
+(override), c_o (override), xs_c (override), xs_o (override), top_targets
+(override), dlsyms (override), dynamic_lib (override), dynamic_bs
+(override), static_lib (override), manifypods (override), processPL
+(override), installbin (override), subdir_x (override), clean (override),
+realclean (override), dist_basics (override), dist_core (override),
+dist_dir (override), dist_test (override), install (override), perldepend
+(override), makefile (override), test (override), test_via_harness
+(override), test_via_script (override), makeaperl (override), nicetext
+(override)
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=back
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
+=item How To Write A Makefile.PL
+=item Default Makefile Behaviour
-=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+=item make test
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item make testdb
+=item make install
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item PREFIX and LIB attribute
+=item AFS users
-@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, dl_error(),
-$dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(), dl_load_file(),
-dl_find_symbol(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(), boostrap()
+=item Static Linking of a new Perl Binary
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Determination of Perl Library and Installation Locations
+=item Which architecture dependent directory?
+=item Using Attributes and Parameters
+C, CONFIG, CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DIR, DISTNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS,
+EXCLUDE_EXT, EXE_FILES, NO_VC, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, H, INC,
+INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB, INSTALLBIN, INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLMAN1DIR,
+INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB, INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITELIB,
+INSTALLSITEARCH, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN, INST_EXE, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR,
+INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LDFROM, LIBPERL_A, LIB, LIBS, LINKTYPE,
+MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET, MYEXTLIB, NAME,
+NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, OBJECT, OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERLMAINCC,
+PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB, PERL_SRC, PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS, PREFIX,
+PREREQ_PM, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VERSION, VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG,
+XS_VERSION
+=item Additional lowercase attributes
-=head2 English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation
-variables
+clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, installpm, linkext, macro, realclean,
+tool_autosplit
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Overriding MakeMaker Methods
+=item Hintsfile support
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Distribution Support
+ make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make manifest,
+ make distdir, make tardist, make dist, make uutardist, make
+shdist, make zipdist, make ci
+=back
+=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHORS
-=head2 Env - perl module that imports environment variables
+=head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item MANIFEST.SKIP
-=item AUTHOR
+=item EXPORT_OK
+=item GLOBAL VARIABLES
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>, C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>,
+C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=head2 Exporter - Implements default import method for modules
+=item AUTHOR
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=head2 ExtUtils::Miniperl, writemain - write the C code for perlmain.c
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over
+=head2 ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap - make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader
-=item Selecting What To Export
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Specialised Import Lists
+=head2 ExtUtils::Mksymlists - write linker options files for dynamic
+extension
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Module Version Checking
+=item DESCRIPTION
+NAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, FILE, FUNCLIST, DLBASE
-=item Managing Unknown Symbols
+=item AUTHOR
+=item REVISION
-=item Tag Handling Utility Functions
+=head2 ExtUtils::testlib - add blib/* directories to @INC
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 Fcntl - load the C Fcntl.h defines
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOTE
+=item EXPORTED SYMBOLS
-=head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there
+=head2 File::Basename, fileparse - split a pathname into pieces
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+fileparse_set_fstype, fileparse
+=item EXAMPLES
+C<basename>, C<dirname>
-
-=head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use
-them
+=head2 File::CheckTree, validate - run many filetest checks on a tree
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles
-For static extensions, For dynamic extensions, For dynamic extensions
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=over
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXTRALIBS
+=item RETURN
+=item AUTHOR
-=item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH
+=head2 File::Copy - Copy files or filehandles
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item BSLOADLIBS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
+=item Special behavior if C<syscopy> is defined (VMS and OS/2)
+rmscopy($from,$to[,$date_flag])
=back
-=item PORTABILITY
-
+=item RETURN
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+=head2 File::Find, find - traverse a file tree
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 File::Path - create or remove a series of directories
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
-ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHORS
+=item REVISION
-
-
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=head2 File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOTE
-=item METHODS
-
+=item AUTHOR
-=over
+=head2 FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits
-=item Preloaded methods
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-catdir, catfile, nicetext, libscan, exescan, lsdir, path,
-replace_manpage_separator, file_name_is_absolute, prefixify,
-maybe_command_in_dirs, maybe_command, perl_script
+=item BUGS
-=item SelfLoaded methods
+=head2 FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles
+=item SYNOPSIS
-guess_name, init_main, init_dirscan, init_others, find_perl
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile
+$fh->print, $fh->printf, $fh->getline, $fh->getlines
+=item SEE ALSO
-post_initialize, const_config, constants, const_loadlibs, const_cccmd,
-tool_autosplit, tool_xsubpp, tools_other, dist, macro, depend,
-post_constants, pasthru, c_o, xs_c, xs_o, top_targets, linkext, dlsyms,
-dynamic, dynamic_bs, dynamic_lib, static, static_lib, installpm,
-installpm_x, manifypods, processPL, installbin, subdirs, subdir_x,
-clean, realclean, dist_basics, dist_core, dist_dir, dist_test, dist_ci,
-install, force, perldepend, makefile, staticmake, test,
-test_via_harness, test_via_script, postamble, makeaperl, extliblist,
-dir_target, needs_linking, has_link_code, writedoc
+=head2 FindBin - Locate directory of original perl script
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item EXPORTABLE VARIABLES
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item KNOWN BUGS
+=item AUTHORS
+=item COPYRIGHT
+=item REVISION
+=head2 GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_VMS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
-ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AVAILABILITY
+=item BUGS
+=item SEE ALSO
-
-=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile
+=head2 Getopt::Long, GetOptions - extended processing of command line
+options
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+E<lt>noneE<gt>, !, =s, :s, =i, :i, =f, :f
=over
-=item Hintsfile support
-
-
-=item What's new in version 5 of MakeMaker
+=item Linkage specification
+=item Aliases and abbreviations
-=item Incompatibilities between MakeMaker 5.00 and 4.23
+=item Non-option call-back routine
+=item Option starters
-=item Default Makefile Behaviour
+=item Return value
+=back
-=item make test
+=item COMPATIBILITY
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item make install
+=item CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
+$Getopt::Long::autoabbrev, $Getopt::Long::getopt_compat,
+$Getopt::Long::order, $Getopt::Long::bundling, $Getopt::Long::ignorecase,
+$Getopt::Long::passthrough, $Getopt::Long::VERSION, $Getopt::Long::error,
+$Getopt::Long::debug
-=item PREFIX attribute
+=head2 Getopt::Std, getopt - Process single-character switches with switch
+clustering
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AFS users
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current
+locale
-=item Static Linking of a new Perl Binary
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Determination of Perl Library and Installation Locations
+=head2 IO - load various IO modules
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Useful Default Makefile Macros
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles
-=item Using Attributes and Parameters
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-C, CONFIG, CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DIR, DISTNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS,
-EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, H, INC, INSTALLARCHLIB,
-INSTALLBIN, INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR,
-INSTALLPRIVLIB, INSTALLSITELIB, INSTALLSITEARCH, INST_ARCHLIB,
-INST_EXE, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR, INST_MAN3DIR, LDFROM, LIBPERL_A,
-LIBS, LINKTYPE, MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET,
-MYEXTLIB, NAME, NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, OBJECT, PERL,
-PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB, PERL_SRC, PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS,
-PREFIX, PREREQ, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VERSION, VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT,
-XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
+=item CONSTRUCTOR
-=item Additional lowercase attributes
+new ([ ARGS ] )
+=item METHODS
-clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, installpm, linkext, macro, realclean,
-tool_autosplit
+open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] )
-=item Overriding MakeMaker Methods
+=item SEE ALSO
+=item HISTORY
-=item Distribution Support
+=head2 IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O handles
+=item SYNOPSIS
- make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make
- manifest, make distdir, make tardist, make dist, make
- uutardist, make shdist, make ci
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CONSTRUCTOR
+new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE )
-=back
+=item METHODS
-=item AUTHORS
+$fh->getline, $fh->getlines, $fh->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $fh->write ( BUF,
+LEN [, OFFSET }\] ), $fh->opened, $fh->untaint
+=item NOTE
-=item MODIFICATION HISTORY
+=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
-=item TODO
+=item HISTORY
+=head2 IO::Pipe, IO::pipe - supply object methods for pipes
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CONSTRCUTOR
-=head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST
-file
+new ( [READER, WRITER] )
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item METHODS
+reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles ()
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
-=item MANIFEST.SKIP
+=item COPYRIGHT
+=head2 IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for I/O objects
-=item EXPORT_OK
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item GLOBAL VARIABLES
+=item SEE ALSO
+=item HISTORY
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=head2 IO::Select - OO interface to the select system call
+=item SYNOPSIS
-C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>, C<MANIFEST:>
-I<$!>, C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item CONSTRUCTOR
+new ( [ HANDLES ] )
-=item AUTHOR
+=item METHODS
+add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
+[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_error ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), count
+(), bits(), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] )
+=item EXAMPLE
+=item AUTHOR
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=head2 ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap - make a bootstrap file for use by
-DynaLoader
+=head2 IO::Socket - Object interface to socket communications
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CONSTRUCTOR
+new ( [ARGS] )
+=item METHODS
+accept([PKG]), timeout([VAL]), sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), sockdomain, socktype,
+protocol
-=head2 ExtUtils::Mksymlists - write linker options files for dynamic
-extension
-
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SUB-CLASSES
+=over
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item IO::Socket::INET
+=item METHODS
-NAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, FILE, FUNCLIST, DLBASE
+sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost
+()
-=item AUTHOR
+=item IO::Socket::UNIX
+=item METHODS
-=item REVISION
+hostpath(), peerpath()
+=back
+=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=head2 Fcntl - load the C Fcntl.h defines
+=head2 IO::lib::IO::File, IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CONSTRUCTOR
-=item NOTE
+new ([ ARGS ] )
+=item METHODS
+open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] )
+=item SEE ALSO
+=item HISTORY
-=head2 File::Basename, Basename - parse file specifications
+=head2 IO::lib::IO::Handle, IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O
+handles
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CONSTRUCTOR
-fileparse_set_fstype, fileparse
+new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE )
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item METHODS
+$fh->getline, $fh->getlines, $fh->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $fh->write ( BUF,
+LEN [, OFFSET }\] ), $fh->opened, $fh->untaint
-C<basename>, C<dirname>
+=item NOTE
+=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
+=item HISTORY
-=head2 File::CheckTree, validate - run many filetest checks on a tree
+=head2 IO::lib::IO::Pipe, IO::pipe - supply object methods for pipes
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CONSTRCUTOR
+new ( [READER, WRITER] )
+=item METHODS
+reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles ()
-=head2 File::Find, find - traverse a file tree
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item AUTHOR
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 IO::lib::IO::Seekable, IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for
+I/O objects
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
+=item HISTORY
-=head2 File::Path - create or remove a series of directories
+=head2 IO::lib::IO::Select, IO::Select - OO interface to the select system
+call
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CONSTRUCTOR
-=item AUTHORS
-
+new ( [ HANDLES ] )
-=item REVISION
+=item METHODS
+add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
+[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_error ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), count
+(), bits(), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] )
+=item EXAMPLE
+=item AUTHOR
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=head2 FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits
+=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket, IO::Socket - Object interface to socket
+communications
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CONSTRUCTOR
-=item BUGS
+new ( [ARGS] )
+
+=item METHODS
+accept([PKG]), timeout([VAL]), sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), sockdomain, socktype,
+protocol
+=item SUB-CLASSES
+=over
+=item IO::Socket::INET
-=head2 FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles
+=item METHODS
-=item SYNOPSIS
+sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost
+()
+=item IO::Socket::UNIX
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item METHODS
+hostpath(), peerpath()
- $fh->print, $fh->printf, $fh->getline, $fh->getlines
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
-=item BUGS
+=item COPYRIGHT
+=head2 IPC::Open2, open2 - open a process for both reading and writing
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item WARNING
-=head2 GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=head2 IPC::Open3, open3 - open a process for reading, writing, and error
+handling
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item WARNING
+
+=head2 Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary length float math package
-=item AVAILABILITY
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+number format, Error returns 'NaN', Division is computed to
=item BUGS
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=head2 Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer math package
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+Canonical notation, Input, Output
+=item EXAMPLES
+=item BUGS
-=head2 Getopt::Long, GetOptions - extended processing of command line
-options
+=item AUTHOR
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical
+functions
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item OPERATIONS
-<none>, !, =s, :s, =i, :i, =f, :f
+=item CREATION
-=over
+=item STRINGIFICATION
-=item Linkage specification
+=item USAGE
+=item BUGS
-=item Aliases and abbreviations
+=item AUTHOR
+=head2 NDBM_File - Tied access to ndbm files
-=item Non-option call-back routine
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Option starters
+=head2 Net::Ping - check a remote host for reachability
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Return value
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
+=item Functions
+Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes]]]);, $p->ping($host [,
+$timeout]);, $p->close();, pingecho($host [, $timeout]);
=back
-=item COMPATIBILITY
+=item WARNING
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=head2 Net::hostent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*()
+functions
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
=item EXAMPLES
+=item NOTE
-=item CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
+=item AUTHOR
+=head2 Net::netent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*()
+functions
-$Getopt::Long::autoabbrev, $Getopt::Long::getopt_compat,
-$Getopt::Long::order, $Getopt::Long::ignorecase,
-$Getopt::Long::VERSION, $Getopt::Long::error, $Getopt::Long::debug
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXAMPLES
+=item NOTE
+=item AUTHOR
-=head2 Getopt::Std, getopt - Process single-character switches with
-switch clustering
+=head2 Net::protoent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*()
+functions
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOTE
+=item AUTHOR
-
-
-=head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the
-current locale
+=head2 Net::servent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*()
+functions
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXAMPLES
+=item NOTE
+=item AUTHOR
-
-=head2 IPC::Open2, open2 - open a process for both reading and writing
+=head2 ODBM_File - Tied access to odbm files
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 Opcode - Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code
-=item WARNING
-
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOTE
+=item WARNING
+=item Operator Names and Operator Lists
+an operator name (opname), an operator tag name (optag), a negated opname
+or optag, an operator set (opset)
-=head2 IPC::Open3, open3 - open a process for reading, writing, and
-error handling
+=item Opcode Functions
-=item SYNOPSIS
+opcodes, opset (OP, ...), opset_to_ops (OPSET), opset_to_hex (OPSET),
+full_opset, empty_opset, invert_opset (OPSET), verify_opset (OPSET, ...),
+define_optag (OPTAG, OPSET), opmask_add (OPSET), opmask, opdesc (OP, ...),
+opdump (PAT)
+=item Manipulating Opsets
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item TO DO (maybe)
+=item Predefined Opcode Tags
+:base_core, :base_mem, :base_loop, :base_io, :base_orig, :base_math,
+:default, :filesys_read, :sys_db, :browse, :filesys_open, :filesys_write,
+:subprocess, :ownprocess, :others, :still_to_be_decided, :dangerous
+=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHORS
-=head2 Net::Ping, pingecho - check a host for upness
+=head2 Opcode::Safe, Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted
+compartments
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+a new namespace, an operator mask
+
+=item WARNING
=over
-=item Parameters
+=item RECENT CHANGES
+
+=item Methods in class Safe
+permit (OP, ...), permit_only (OP, ...), deny (OP, ...), deny_only (OP,
+...), trap (OP, ...), untrap (OP, ...), share (NAME, ...), share_from
+(PACKAGE, ARRAYREF), varglob (VARNAME), reval (STRING), rdo (FILENAME),
+root (NAMESPACE), mask (MASK)
-hostname, timeout
+=item Some Safety Issues
+Memory, CPU, Snooping, Signals, State Changes
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item WARNING
-
+=head2 Opcode::ops, ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when
+compiling
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
=head2 POSIX - Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=item NOTE
-
-=item CAVEATS
-
+=item CAVEATS
=item FUNCTIONS
-
-_exit, abort, abs, access, acos, alarm, asctime, asin, assert, atan,
-atan2, atexit, atof, atoi, atol, bsearch, calloc, ceil, chdir, chmod,
-chown, clearerr, clock, close, closedir, cos, cosh, creat, ctermid,
-ctime, cuserid, difftime, div, dup, dup2, errno, execl, execle, execlp,
-execv, execve, execvp, exit, exp, fabs, fclose, fcntl, fdopen, feof,
-ferror, fflush, fgetc, fgetpos, fgets, fileno, floor, fmod, fopen,
-fork, fpathconf, fprintf, fputc, fputs, fread, free, freopen, frexp,
-fscanf, fseek, fsetpos, fstat, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd,
-getegid, getenv, geteuid, getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups,
-getlogin, getpgrp, getpid, getppid, getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid,
-gmtime, isalnum, isalpha, isatty, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower,
-isprint, ispunct, isspace, isupper, isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv,
-link, localeconv, localtime, log, log10, longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen,
-mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr, memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memset, mkdir,
-mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice, offsetof, open, opendir, pat
+_exit, abort, abs, access, acos, alarm, asctime, asin, assert, atan, atan2,
+atexit, atof, atoi, atol, bsearch, calloc, ceil, chdir, chmod, chown,
+clearerr, clock, close, closedir, cos, cosh, creat, ctermid, ctime,
+cuserid, difftime, div, dup, dup2, errno, execl, execle, execlp, execv,
+execve, execvp, exit, exp, fabs, fclose, fcntl, fdopen, feof, ferror,
+fflush, fgetc, fgetpos, fgets, fileno, floor, fmod, fopen, fork, fpathconf,
+fprintf, fputc, fputs, fread, free, freopen, frexp, fscanf, fseek, fsetpos,
+fstat, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv, geteuid,
+getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid, getppid,
+getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha, isatty,
+iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace, isupper,
+isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime, log, log10,
+longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr, memcmp, memcpy,
+memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice, offsetof, open,
+opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc, putchar, puts,
+qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename, rewind,
+rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid, setsid,
+setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
+sigsuspend, sin, sinh, sleep, sprintf, sqrt, srand, sscanf, stat, strcat,
+strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn, strerror, strftime, strlen,
+strncat, strncmp, strncpy, stroul, strpbrk, strrchr, strspn, strstr,
+strtod, strtok, strtol, strtoul, strxfrm, sysconf, system, tan, tanh,
+tcdrain, tcflow, tcflush, tcgetpgrp, tcsendbreak, tcsetpgrp, time, times,
+tmpfile, tmpnam, tolower, toupper, ttyname, tzname, tzset, umask, uname,
+ungetc, unlink, utime, vfprintf, vprintf, vsprintf, wait, waitpid,
+wcstombs, wctomb, write
=item CLASSES
-
=over
=item POSIX::SigAction
-
new
=item POSIX::SigSet
-
new, addset, delset, emptyset, fillset, ismember
=item POSIX::Termios
-
new, getattr, getcc, getcflag, getiflag, getispeed, getlflag, getoflag,
getospeed, setattr, setcc, setcflag, setiflag, setispeed, setlflag,
setoflag, setospeed, Baud rate values, Terminal interface values, c_cc
field values, c_cflag field values, c_iflag field values, c_lflag field
values, c_oflag field values
-
-
=back
=item PATHNAME CONSTANTS
-
Constants
=item POSIX CONSTANTS
-
Constants
=item SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
-
Constants
=item ERRNO
-
Constants
=item FCNTL
-
Constants
=item FLOAT
-
Constants
=item LIMITS
-
Constants
=item LOCALE
-
Constants
=item MATH
-
Constants
=item SIGNAL
-
Constants
=item STAT
-
Constants, Macros
=item STDLIB
-
Constants
=item STDIO
-
Constants
=item TIME
-
Constants
=item UNISTD
-
Constants
=item WAIT
-
Constants, Macros
=item CREATION
-
-
-
-
=head2 Pod::Text - convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=item AUTHOR
-
=item TODO
+=head2 SDBM_File - Tied access to sdbm files
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted compartments
-=head2 Safe - Safe extension module for Perl
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-
a new namespace, an operator mask
-=over
+=item WARNING
-=item Operator masks
+=over
+=item RECENT CHANGES
=item Methods in class Safe
+permit (OP, ...), permit_only (OP, ...), deny (OP, ...), deny_only (OP,
+...), trap (OP, ...), untrap (OP, ...), share (NAME, ...), share_from
+(PACKAGE, ARRAYREF), varglob (VARNAME), reval (STRING), rdo (FILENAME),
+root (NAMESPACE), mask (MASK)
-NAMESPACE, MASK, root (NAMESPACE), mask (MASK), trap (OP, ...), untrap
-(OP, ...), share (VARNAME, ...), varglob (VARNAME), reval (STRING), rdo
-(FILENAME)
+=item Some Safety Issues
-=item Subroutines in package Safe
-
-
-ops_to_mask (OP, ...), mask_to_ops (MASK), opcode (OP, ...), opname
-(OP, ...), fullmask, emptymask, MAXO, op_mask
+Memory, CPU, Snooping, Signals, State Changes
=item AUTHOR
-
-
-
=back
-
-
-
=head2 Search::Dict, look - search for key in dictionary file
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
-
-
-
=head2 SelectSaver - save and restore selected file handle
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
-
-
-
=head2 SelfLoader - load functions only on demand
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=over
=item The __DATA__ token
-
=item SelfLoader autoloading
-
=item Autoloading and package lexicals
-
=item SelfLoader and AutoLoader
-
=item __DATA__, __END__, and the FOOBAR::DATA filehandle.
-
=item Classes and inherited methods.
-
-
-
=back
=item Multiple packages and fully qualified subroutine names
-
-
-
-
-=head2 Socket, sockaddr_in, sockaddr_un, inet_aton, inet_ntoa - load
-the C socket.h defines and structure manipulators
+=head2 Shell - run shell commands transparently within perl
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
-inet_aton HOSTNAME, inet_ntoa IP_ADDRESS, INADDR_ANY, INADDR_LOOPBACK,
-INADDR_NONE, sockaddr_in PORT, ADDRESS, sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN,
-pack_sockaddr_in PORT, IP_ADDRESS, unpack_sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN,
-sockaddr_un PATHNAME, sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN, pack_sockaddr_un PATH,
-unpack_sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN
+=head2 Socket, sockaddr_in, sockaddr_un, inet_aton, inet_ntoa - load the C
+socket.h defines and structure manipulators
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+inet_aton HOSTNAME, inet_ntoa IP_ADDRESS, INADDR_ANY, INADDR_BROADCAST,
+INADDR_LOOPBACK, INADDR_NONE, sockaddr_in PORT, ADDRESS, sockaddr_in
+SOCKADDR_IN, pack_sockaddr_in PORT, IP_ADDRESS, unpack_sockaddr_in
+SOCKADDR_IN, sockaddr_un PATHNAME, sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN,
+pack_sockaddr_un PATH, unpack_sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN
=head2 Symbol - manipulate Perl symbols and their names
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
-
-
-
=head2 Sys::Hostname - Try every conceivable way to get hostname
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=item AUTHOR
-
-
-
-
-=head2 Syslog, Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog -
-Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
+=head2 Syslog, Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog - Perl
+interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
-openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $mask, $format,
-@args, setlogmask $mask_priority, closelog
+openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
+setlogmask $mask_priority, closelog
=item EXAMPLES
-
=item DEPENDENCIES
-
=item SEE ALSO
-
=item AUTHOR
-
-
-
-
=head2 Term::Cap - Perl termcap interface
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=item EXAMPLES
-
-
-
-
=head2 Term::Complete - Perl word completion module
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
-<tab>Attempts word completion. Cannot be changed, ^D, ^U, <del>, <bs>
+E<lt>tabE<gt>Attempts word completion.
+Cannot be changed, ^D, ^U, E<lt>delE<gt>, E<lt>bsE<gt>
=item DIAGNOSTICS
-
=item BUGS
-
=item AUTHOR
-
-
-
-
-=head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
-If no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic
-functions.
+=head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages. If
+no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=item Minimal set of supported functions
-
C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, $C<OUT>,
C<MinLine>, C<findConsole>, C<Features>
=item EXPORTS
-
-
-
-
=head2 Test::Harness - run perl standard test scripts with statistics
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=over
=item The test script output
-
-
-
=back
=item EXPORT
-
=item DIAGNOSTICS
-
C<All tests successful.\nFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s>, C<FAILED tests
-%s\n\tFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.>, C<Test returned status %d
-(wstat %d)>, C<Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s>, C<Failed %d/%d tests,
-%.2f%% okay. %s>
+%s\n\tFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.>, C<Test returned status %d (wstat
+%d)>, C<Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s>, C<Failed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.
+%s>
=item SEE ALSO
-
=item AUTHORS
-
=item BUGS
-
-
-
-
=head2 Text::Abbrev, abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=item EXAMPLE
+=head2 Text::ParseWords - parse text into an array of tokens
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHORS
-=head2 Text::Soundex - Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as
-Described by Knuth
+=head2 Text::Soundex - Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as Described
+by Knuth
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-
=item EXAMPLES
-
=item LIMITATIONS
-
=item AUTHOR
+=head2 Text::Tabs -- expand and unexpand tabs per the unix expand(1) and
+unexpand(1)
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
-=head2 Text::Tabs -- expand and unexpand tabs
+=item AUTHOR
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=head2 Text::Wrap - line wrapping to form simple paragraphs
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXAMPLE
+
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
+=head2 Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash - base class definitions for tied hashes
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+TIEHASH classname, LIST, STORE this, key, value, FETCH this, key, FIRSTKEY
+this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this
+=item CAVEATS
+=item MORE INFORMATION
-=head2 Text::Wrap -- wrap text into a paragraph
+=head2 Tie::RefHash - use references as hash keys
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXAMPLE
=item AUTHOR
+=item VERSION
+=item SEE ALSO
-
-
-=head2 Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash - base class definitions for tied hashes
+=head2 Tie::Scalar, Tie::StdScalar - base class definitions for tied
+scalars
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, DESTROY this
-TIEHASH classname, LIST, STORE this, key, value, FETCH this, key,
-FIRSTKEY this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this,
-key, CLEAR this
+=item MORE INFORMATION
-=item CAVEATS
+=head2 Tie::SubstrHash - Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item MORE INFORMATION
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CAVEATS
+=head2 Time::Local - efficiently compute time from local and GMT time
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=head2 Tie::Scalar, Tie::StdScalar - base class definitions for tied
-scalars
+=head2 Time::gmtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime()
+function
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOTE
-TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, DESTROY this
+=item AUTHOR
-=item MORE INFORMATION
+=head2 Time::localtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime()
+function
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOTE
+=item AUTHOR
-=head2 Tie::SubstrHash - Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing
+=head2 Time::tm - internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=head2 UNIVERSAL - base class for ALL classes (blessed references)
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+isa ( TYPE ), can ( METHOD ), VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] ), isa ( REF, TYPE )
-=item CAVEATS
+=head2 User::grent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*()
+functions
+=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOTE
+=item AUTHOR
-=head2 Time::Local - efficiently compute tome from local and GMT time
+=head2 User::pwent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*()
+functions
=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOTE
-
+=item AUTHOR
=head1 AUXILIARY DOCUMENTATION
-Here should be listed all the extra program's docs, but they don't all
-have man pages yet:
+Here should be listed all the extra programs' documentation, but they
+don't all have manual pages yet:
=item a2p
=item wrapsuid
-
=head1 AUTHOR
-Larry Wall E<lt><F<lwall@sems.com>E<gt>, with the help of oodles of
-other folks.
-
+Larry Wall E<lt>F<larry@wall.org>E<gt>, with the help of oodles
+of other folks.
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