| 1 | #!/usr/local/bin/perl
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| 2 |
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| 3 | use Config;
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| 4 | use File::Basename qw(&basename &dirname);
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| 5 | use Cwd;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | # List explicitly here the variables you want Configure to
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| 8 | # generate. Metaconfig only looks for shell variables, so you
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| 9 | # have to mention them as if they were shell variables, not
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| 10 | # %Config entries. Thus you write
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| 11 | # $startperl
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| 12 | # to ensure Configure will look for $Config{startperl}.
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| 13 |
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| 14 | # This forces PL files to create target in same directory as PL file.
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| 15 | # This is so that make depend always knows where to find PL derivatives.
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| 16 | $origdir = cwd;
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| 17 | chdir dirname($0);
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| 18 | $file = basename($0, '.PL');
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| 19 | $file .= '.com' if $^O eq 'VMS';
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| 20 |
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| 21 | open OUT,">$file" or die "Can't create $file: $!";
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| 22 |
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| 23 | print "Extracting $file (with variable substitutions)\n";
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| 24 |
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| 25 | # In this section, perl variables will be expanded during extraction.
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| 26 | # You can use $Config{...} to use Configure variables.
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| 27 |
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| 28 | print OUT <<"!GROK!THIS!";
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| 29 | $Config{startperl}
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| 30 | eval 'exec $Config{perlpath} -S \$0 \${1+"\$@"}'
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| 31 | if \$running_under_some_shell;
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| 32 | !GROK!THIS!
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| 33 |
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| 34 | # In the following, perl variables are not expanded during extraction.
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| 35 |
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| 36 | print OUT <<'!NO!SUBS!';
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| 37 |
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| 38 | # pod2man -- Convert POD data to formatted *roff input.
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| 39 | # $Id: pod2man.PL,v 1.10 2002/07/15 05:45:56 eagle Exp $
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| 40 | #
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| 41 | # Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001 by Russ Allbery <[email protected]>
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| 42 | #
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| 43 | # This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
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| 44 | # under the same terms as Perl itself.
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| 45 |
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| 46 | require 5.004;
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| 47 |
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| 48 | use Getopt::Long qw(GetOptions);
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| 49 | use Pod::Man ();
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| 50 | use Pod::Usage qw(pod2usage);
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| 51 |
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| 52 | use strict;
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| 53 |
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| 54 | # Silence -w warnings.
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| 55 | use vars qw($running_under_some_shell);
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| 56 |
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| 57 | # Insert -- into @ARGV before any single dash argument to hide it from
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| 58 | # Getopt::Long; we want to interpret it as meaning stdin (which Pod::Parser
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| 59 | # does correctly).
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| 60 | my $stdin;
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| 61 | @ARGV = map { $_ eq '-' && !$stdin++ ? ('--', $_) : $_ } @ARGV;
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| 62 |
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| 63 | # Parse our options, trying to retain backwards compatibility with pod2man but
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| 64 | # allowing short forms as well. --lax is currently ignored.
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| 65 | my %options;
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| 66 | Getopt::Long::config ('bundling_override');
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| 67 | GetOptions (\%options, 'section|s=s', 'release|r:s', 'center|c=s',
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| 68 | 'date|d=s', 'fixed=s', 'fixedbold=s', 'fixeditalic=s',
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| 69 | 'fixedbolditalic=s', 'name|n=s', 'official|o', 'quotes|q=s',
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| 70 | 'lax|l', 'help|h', 'verbose|v') or exit 1;
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| 71 | pod2usage (0) if $options{help};
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| 72 |
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| 73 | # Official sets --center, but don't override things explicitly set.
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| 74 | if ($options{official} && !defined $options{center}) {
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| 75 | $options{center} = 'Perl Programmers Reference Guide';
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| 76 | }
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| 77 |
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| 78 | # Verbose is only our flag, not a Pod::Man flag.
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| 79 | my $verbose = $options{verbose};
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| 80 | delete $options{verbose};
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| 81 |
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| 82 | # This isn't a valid Pod::Man option and is only accepted for backwards
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| 83 | # compatibility.
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| 84 | delete $options{lax};
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| 85 |
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| 86 | # Initialize and run the formatter, pulling a pair of input and output off at
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| 87 | # a time.
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| 88 | my $parser = Pod::Man->new (%options);
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| 89 | my @files;
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| 90 | do {
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| 91 | @files = splice (@ARGV, 0, 2);
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| 92 | print " $files[1]\n" if $verbose;
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| 93 | $parser->parse_from_file (@files);
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| 94 | } while (@ARGV);
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| 95 |
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| 96 | __END__
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| 97 |
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| 98 | =head1 NAME
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| 99 |
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| 100 | pod2man - Convert POD data to formatted *roff input
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| 101 |
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| 102 | =head1 SYNOPSIS
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| 103 |
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| 104 | pod2man [B<--section>=I<manext>] [B<--release>=I<version>]
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| 105 | [B<--center>=I<string>] [B<--date>=I<string>] [B<--fixed>=I<font>]
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| 106 | [B<--fixedbold>=I<font>] [B<--fixeditalic>=I<font>]
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| 107 | [B<--fixedbolditalic>=I<font>] [B<--name>=I<name>] [B<--official>]
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| 108 | [B<--lax>] [B<--quotes>=I<quotes>] [B<--verbose>]
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| 109 | [I<input> [I<output>] ...]
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| 110 |
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| 111 | pod2man B<--help>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | =head1 DESCRIPTION
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| 114 |
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| 115 | B<pod2man> is a front-end for Pod::Man, using it to generate *roff input
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| 116 | from POD source. The resulting *roff code is suitable for display on a
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| 117 | terminal using nroff(1), normally via man(1), or printing using troff(1).
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| 118 |
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| 119 | I<input> is the file to read for POD source (the POD can be embedded in
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| 120 | code). If I<input> isn't given, it defaults to STDIN. I<output>, if given,
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| 121 | is the file to which to write the formatted output. If I<output> isn't
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| 122 | given, the formatted output is written to STDOUT. Several POD files can be
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| 123 | processed in the same B<pod2man> invocation (saving module load and compile
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| 124 | times) by providing multiple pairs of I<input> and I<output> files on the
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| 125 | command line.
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| 126 |
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| 127 | B<--section>, B<--release>, B<--center>, B<--date>, and B<--official> can be
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| 128 | used to set the headers and footers to use; if not given, Pod::Man will
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| 129 | assume various defaults. See below or L<Pod::Man> for details.
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| 130 |
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| 131 | B<pod2man> assumes that your *roff formatters have a fixed-width font named
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| 132 | CW. If yours is called something else (like CR), use B<--fixed> to specify
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| 133 | it. This generally only matters for troff output for printing. Similarly,
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| 134 | you can set the fonts used for bold, italic, and bold italic fixed-width
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| 135 | output.
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| 136 |
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| 137 | Besides the obvious pod conversions, Pod::Man, and therefore pod2man also
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| 138 | takes care of formatting func(), func(n), and simple variable references
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| 139 | like $foo or @bar so you don't have to use code escapes for them; complex
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| 140 | expressions like C<$fred{'stuff'}> will still need to be escaped, though.
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| 141 | It also translates dashes that aren't used as hyphens into en dashes, makes
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| 142 | long dashes--like this--into proper em dashes, fixes "paired quotes," and
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| 143 | takes care of several other troff-specific tweaks. See L<Pod::Man> for
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| 144 | complete information.
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| 145 |
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| 146 | =head1 OPTIONS
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| 147 |
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| 148 | =over 4
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| 149 |
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| 150 | =item B<-c> I<string>, B<--center>=I<string>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | Sets the centered page header to I<string>. The default is "User
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| 153 | Contributed Perl Documentation", but also see B<--official> below.
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| 154 |
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| 155 | =item B<-d> I<string>, B<--date>=I<string>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | Set the left-hand footer string to this value. By default, the modification
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| 158 | date of the input file will be used, or the current date if input comes from
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| 159 | STDIN.
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| 160 |
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| 161 | =item B<--fixed>=I<font>
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| 162 |
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| 163 | The fixed-width font to use for vertabim text and code. Defaults to CW.
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| 164 | Some systems may want CR instead. Only matters for troff(1) output.
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| 165 |
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| 166 | =item B<--fixedbold>=I<font>
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| 167 |
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| 168 | Bold version of the fixed-width font. Defaults to CB. Only matters for
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| 169 | troff(1) output.
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| 170 |
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| 171 | =item B<--fixeditalic>=I<font>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | Italic version of the fixed-width font (actually, something of a misnomer,
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| 174 | since most fixed-width fonts only have an oblique version, not an italic
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| 175 | version). Defaults to CI. Only matters for troff(1) output.
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| 176 |
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| 177 | =item B<--fixedbolditalic>=I<font>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | Bold italic (probably actually oblique) version of the fixed-width font.
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| 180 | Pod::Man doesn't assume you have this, and defaults to CB. Some systems
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| 181 | (such as Solaris) have this font available as CX. Only matters for troff(1)
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| 182 | output.
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| 183 |
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| 184 | =item B<-h>, B<--help>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | Print out usage information.
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| 187 |
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| 188 | =item B<-l>, B<--lax>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | No longer used. B<pod2man> used to check its input for validity as a manual
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| 191 | page, but this should now be done by L<podchecker(1)> instead. Accepted for
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| 192 | backwards compatibility; this option no longer does anything.
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| 193 |
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| 194 | =item B<-n> I<name>, B<--name>=I<name>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | Set the name of the manual page to I<name>. Without this option, the manual
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| 197 | name is set to the uppercased base name of the file being converted unless
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| 198 | the manual section is 3, in which case the path is parsed to see if it is a
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| 199 | Perl module path. If it is, a path like C<.../lib/Pod/Man.pm> is converted
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| 200 | into a name like C<Pod::Man>. This option, if given, overrides any
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| 201 | automatic determination of the name.
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| 202 |
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| 203 | Note that this option is probably not useful when converting multiple POD
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| 204 | files at once. The convention for Unix man pages for commands is for the
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| 205 | man page title to be in all-uppercase even if the command isn't.
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| 206 |
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| 207 | =item B<-o>, B<--official>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | Set the default header to indicate that this page is part of the standard
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| 210 | Perl release, if B<--center> is not also given.
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| 211 |
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| 212 | =item B<-q> I<quotes>, B<--quotes>=I<quotes>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | Sets the quote marks used to surround CE<lt>> text to I<quotes>. If
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| 215 | I<quotes> is a single character, it is used as both the left and right
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| 216 | quote; if I<quotes> is two characters, the first character is used as the
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| 217 | left quote and the second as the right quoted; and if I<quotes> is four
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| 218 | characters, the first two are used as the left quote and the second two as
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| 219 | the right quote.
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| 220 |
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| 221 | I<quotes> may also be set to the special value C<none>, in which case no
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| 222 | quote marks are added around CE<lt>> text (but the font is still changed for
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| 223 | troff output).
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| 224 |
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| 225 | =item B<-r>, B<--release>
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| 226 |
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| 227 | Set the centered footer. By default, this is the version of Perl you run
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| 228 | B<pod2man> under. Note that some system an macro sets assume that the
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| 229 | centered footer will be a modification date and will prepend something like
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| 230 | "Last modified: "; if this is the case, you may want to set B<--release> to
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| 231 | the last modified date and B<--date> to the version number.
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| 232 |
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| 233 | =item B<-s>, B<--section>
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| 234 |
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| 235 | Set the section for the C<.TH> macro. The standard section numbering
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| 236 | convention is to use 1 for user commands, 2 for system calls, 3 for
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| 237 | functions, 4 for devices, 5 for file formats, 6 for games, 7 for
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| 238 | miscellaneous information, and 8 for administrator commands. There is a lot
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| 239 | of variation here, however; some systems (like Solaris) use 4 for file
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| 240 | formats, 5 for miscellaneous information, and 7 for devices. Still others
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| 241 | use 1m instead of 8, or some mix of both. About the only section numbers
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| 242 | that are reliably consistent are 1, 2, and 3.
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| 243 |
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| 244 | By default, section 1 will be used unless the file ends in .pm in which case
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| 245 | section 3 will be selected.
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| 246 |
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| 247 | =item B<-v>, B<--verbose>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | Print out the name of each output file as it is being generated.
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| 250 |
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| 251 | =back
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| 252 |
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| 253 | =head1 DIAGNOSTICS
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| 254 |
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| 255 | If B<pod2man> fails with errors, see L<Pod::Man> and L<Pod::Parser> for
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| 256 | information about what those errors might mean.
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| 257 |
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| 258 | =head1 EXAMPLES
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| 259 |
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| 260 | pod2man program > program.1
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| 261 | pod2man SomeModule.pm /usr/perl/man/man3/SomeModule.3
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| 262 | pod2man --section=7 note.pod > note.7
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| 263 |
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| 264 | If you would like to print out a lot of man page continuously, you probably
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| 265 | want to set the C and D registers to set contiguous page numbering and
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| 266 | even/odd paging, at least on some versions of man(7).
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| 267 |
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| 268 | troff -man -rC1 -rD1 perl.1 perldata.1 perlsyn.1 ...
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| 269 |
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| 270 | To get index entries on stderr, turn on the F register, as in:
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| 271 |
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| 272 | troff -man -rF1 perl.1
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| 273 |
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| 274 | The indexing merely outputs messages via C<.tm> for each major page,
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| 275 | section, subsection, item, and any C<XE<lt>E<gt>> directives. See
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| 276 | L<Pod::Man> for more details.
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| 277 |
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| 278 | =head1 BUGS
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| 279 |
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| 280 | Lots of this documentation is duplicated from L<Pod::Man>.
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| 281 |
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| 282 | =head1 NOTES
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| 283 |
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| 284 | For those not sure of the proper layout of a man page, here are some notes
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| 285 | on writing a proper man page.
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| 286 |
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| 287 | The name of the program being documented is conventionally written in bold
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| 288 | (using BE<lt>E<gt>) wherever it occurs, as are all program options.
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| 289 | Arguments should be written in italics (IE<lt>E<gt>). Functions are
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| 290 | traditionally written in italics; if you write a function as function(),
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| 291 | Pod::Man will take care of this for you. Literal code or commands should
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| 292 | be in CE<lt>E<gt>. References to other man pages should be in the form
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| 293 | C<manpage(section)>, and Pod::Man will automatically format those
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| 294 | appropriately. As an exception, it's traditional not to use this form when
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| 295 | referring to module documentation; use C<LE<lt>Module::NameE<gt>> instead.
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| 296 |
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| 297 | References to other programs or functions are normally in the form of man
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| 298 | page references so that cross-referencing tools can provide the user with
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| 299 | links and the like. It's possible to overdo this, though, so be careful not
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| 300 | to clutter your documentation with too much markup.
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| 301 |
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| 302 | The major headers should be set out using a C<=head1> directive, and are
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| 303 | historically written in the rather startling ALL UPPER CASE format, although
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| 304 | this is not mandatory. Minor headers may be included using C<=head2>, and
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| 305 | are typically in mixed case.
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| 306 |
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| 307 | The standard sections of a manual page are:
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| 308 |
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| 309 | =over 4
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| 310 |
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| 311 | =item NAME
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| 312 |
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| 313 | Mandatory section; should be a comma-separated list of programs or functions
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| 314 | documented by this podpage, such as:
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| 315 |
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| 316 | foo, bar - programs to do something
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| 317 |
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| 318 | Manual page indexers are often extremely picky about the format of this
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| 319 | section, so don't put anything in it except this line. A single dash, and
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| 320 | only a single dash, should separate the list of programs or functions from
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| 321 | the description. Functions should not be qualified with C<()> or the like.
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| 322 | The description should ideally fit on a single line, even if a man program
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| 323 | replaces the dash with a few tabs.
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| 324 |
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| 325 | =item SYNOPSIS
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| 326 |
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| 327 | A short usage summary for programs and functions. This section is mandatory
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| 328 | for section 3 pages.
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| 329 |
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| 330 | =item DESCRIPTION
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| 331 |
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| 332 | Extended description and discussion of the program or functions, or the body
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| 333 | of the documentation for man pages that document something else. If
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| 334 | particularly long, it's a good idea to break this up into subsections
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| 335 | C<=head2> directives like:
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| 336 |
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| 337 | =head2 Normal Usage
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| 338 |
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| 339 | =head2 Advanced Features
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| 340 |
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| 341 | =head2 Writing Configuration Files
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| 342 |
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| 343 | or whatever is appropriate for your documentation.
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| 344 |
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| 345 | =item OPTIONS
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| 346 |
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| 347 | Detailed description of each of the command-line options taken by the
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| 348 | program. This should be separate from the description for the use of things
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| 349 | like L<Pod::Usage|Pod::Usage>. This is normally presented as a list, with
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| 350 | each option as a separate C<=item>. The specific option string should be
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| 351 | enclosed in BE<lt>E<gt>. Any values that the option takes should be
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| 352 | enclosed in IE<lt>E<gt>. For example, the section for the option
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| 353 | B<--section>=I<manext> would be introduced with:
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| 354 |
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| 355 | =item B<--section>=I<manext>
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| 356 |
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| 357 | Synonymous options (like both the short and long forms) are separated by a
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| 358 | comma and a space on the same C<=item> line, or optionally listed as their
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| 359 | own item with a reference to the canonical name. For example, since
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| 360 | B<--section> can also be written as B<-s>, the above would be:
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| 361 |
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| 362 | =item B<-s> I<manext>, B<--section>=I<manext>
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| 363 |
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| 364 | (Writing the short option first is arguably easier to read, since the long
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| 365 | option is long enough to draw the eye to it anyway and the short option can
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| 366 | otherwise get lost in visual noise.)
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| 367 |
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| 368 | =item RETURN VALUE
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| 369 |
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| 370 | What the program or function returns, if successful. This section can be
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| 371 | omitted for programs whose precise exit codes aren't important, provided
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| 372 | they return 0 on success as is standard. It should always be present for
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| 373 | functions.
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| 374 |
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| 375 | =item ERRORS
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| 376 |
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| 377 | Exceptions, error return codes, exit statuses, and errno settings.
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| 378 | Typically used for function documentation; program documentation uses
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| 379 | DIAGNOSTICS instead. The general rule of thumb is that errors printed to
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| 380 | STDOUT or STDERR and intended for the end user are documented in DIAGNOSTICS
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| 381 | while errors passed internal to the calling program and intended for other
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| 382 | programmers are documented in ERRORS. When documenting a function that sets
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| 383 | errno, a full list of the possible errno values should be given here.
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| 384 |
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| 385 | =item DIAGNOSTICS
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| 386 |
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| 387 | All possible messages the program can print out--and what they mean. You
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| 388 | may wish to follow the same documentation style as the Perl documentation;
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| 389 | see perldiag(1) for more details (and look at the POD source as well).
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| 390 |
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| 391 | If applicable, please include details on what the user should do to correct
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| 392 | the error; documenting an error as indicating "the input buffer is too
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| 393 | small" without telling the user how to increase the size of the input buffer
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| 394 | (or at least telling them that it isn't possible) aren't very useful.
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| 395 |
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| 396 | =item EXAMPLES
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| 397 |
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| 398 | Give some example uses of the program or function. Don't skimp; users often
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| 399 | find this the most useful part of the documentation. The examples are
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| 400 | generally given as verbatim paragraphs.
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| 401 |
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| 402 | Don't just present an example without explaining what it does. Adding a
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| 403 | short paragraph saying what the example will do can increase the value of
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| 404 | the example immensely.
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| 405 |
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| 406 | =item ENVIRONMENT
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| 407 |
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| 408 | Environment variables that the program cares about, normally presented as a
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| 409 | list using C<=over>, C<=item>, and C<=back>. For example:
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| 410 |
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| 411 | =over 6
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| 412 |
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| 413 | =item HOME
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| 414 |
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| 415 | Used to determine the user's home directory. F<.foorc> in this
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| 416 | directory is read for configuration details, if it exists.
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| 417 |
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| 418 | =back
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| 419 |
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| 420 | Since environment variables are normally in all uppercase, no additional
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| 421 | special formatting is generally needed; they're glaring enough as it is.
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| 422 |
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| 423 | =item FILES
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| 424 |
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| 425 | All files used by the program or function, normally presented as a list, and
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| 426 | what it uses them for. File names should be enclosed in FE<lt>E<gt>. It's
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| 427 | particularly important to document files that will be potentially modified.
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| 428 |
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| 429 | =item CAVEATS
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| 430 |
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| 431 | Things to take special care with, sometimes called WARNINGS.
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| 432 |
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| 433 | =item BUGS
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| 434 |
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| 435 | Things that are broken or just don't work quite right.
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| 436 |
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| 437 | =item RESTRICTIONS
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| 438 |
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| 439 | Bugs you don't plan to fix. :-)
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| 440 |
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| 441 | =item NOTES
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| 442 |
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| 443 | Miscellaneous commentary.
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| 444 |
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| 445 | =item SEE ALSO
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| 446 |
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| 447 | Other man pages to check out, like man(1), man(7), makewhatis(8), or
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| 448 | catman(8). Normally a simple list of man pages separated by commas, or a
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| 449 | paragraph giving the name of a reference work. Man page references, if they
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| 450 | use the standard C<name(section)> form, don't have to be enclosed in
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| 451 | LE<lt>E<gt> (although it's recommended), but other things in this section
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| 452 | probably should be when appropriate.
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| 453 |
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| 454 | If the package has a mailing list, include a URL or subscription
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| 455 | instructions here.
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| 456 |
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| 457 | If the package has a web site, include a URL here.
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| 458 |
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| 459 | =item AUTHOR
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| 460 |
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| 461 | Who wrote it (use AUTHORS for multiple people). Including your current
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| 462 | e-mail address (or some e-mail address to which bug reports should be sent)
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| 463 | so that users have a way of contacting you is a good idea. Remember that
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| 464 | program documentation tends to roam the wild for far longer than you expect
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| 465 | and pick an e-mail address that's likely to last if possible.
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| 466 |
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| 467 | =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
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| 468 |
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| 469 | For copyright
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| 470 |
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| 471 | Copyright YEAR(s) by YOUR NAME(s)
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| 472 |
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| 473 | (No, (C) is not needed. No, "all rights reserved" is not needed.)
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| 474 |
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| 475 | For licensing the easiest way is to use the same licensing as Perl itself:
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| 476 |
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| 477 | This library is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify
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| 478 | it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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| 479 |
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| 480 | This makes it easy for people to use your module with Perl. Note that
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| 481 | this licensing is neither an endorsement or a requirement, you are of
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| 482 | course free to choose any licensing.
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| 483 |
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| 484 | =item HISTORY
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| 485 |
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| 486 | Programs derived from other sources sometimes have this, or you might keep
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| 487 | a modification log here. If the log gets overly long or detailed,
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| 488 | consider maintaining it in a separate file, though.
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| 489 |
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| 490 | =back
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| 491 |
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| 492 | In addition, some systems use CONFORMING TO to note conformance to relevant
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| 493 | standards and MT-LEVEL to note safeness for use in threaded programs or
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| 494 | signal handlers. These headings are primarily useful when documenting parts
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| 495 | of a C library. Documentation of object-oriented libraries or modules may
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| 496 | use CONSTRUCTORS and METHODS sections for detailed documentation of the
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| 497 | parts of the library and save the DESCRIPTION section for an overview; other
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| 498 | large modules may use FUNCTIONS for similar reasons. Some people use
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| 499 | OVERVIEW to summarize the description if it's quite long.
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| 500 |
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| 501 | Section ordering varies, although NAME should I<always> be the first section
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| 502 | (you'll break some man page systems otherwise), and NAME, SYNOPSIS,
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| 503 | DESCRIPTION, and OPTIONS generally always occur first and in that order if
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| 504 | present. In general, SEE ALSO, AUTHOR, and similar material should be left
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| 505 | for last. Some systems also move WARNINGS and NOTES to last. The order
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| 506 | given above should be reasonable for most purposes.
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| 507 |
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| 508 | Finally, as a general note, try not to use an excessive amount of markup.
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| 509 | As documented here and in L<Pod::Man>, you can safely leave Perl variables,
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| 510 | function names, man page references, and the like unadorned by markup and
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| 511 | the POD translators will figure it out for you. This makes it much easier
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| 512 | to later edit the documentation. Note that many existing translators
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| 513 | (including this one currently) will do the wrong thing with e-mail addresses
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| 514 | or URLs when wrapped in LE<lt>E<gt>, so don't do that.
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| 515 |
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| 516 | For additional information that may be more accurate for your specific
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| 517 | system, see either L<man(5)> or L<man(7)> depending on your system manual
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| 518 | section numbering conventions.
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| 519 |
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| 520 | =head1 SEE ALSO
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| 521 |
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| 522 | L<Pod::Man>, L<Pod::Parser>, L<man(1)>, L<nroff(1)>, L<podchecker(1)>,
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| 523 | L<troff(1)>, L<man(7)>
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| 524 |
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| 525 | The man page documenting the an macro set may be L<man(5)> instead of
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| 526 | L<man(7)> on your system.
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| 527 |
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| 528 | The current version of this script is always available from its web site at
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| 529 | L<http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/podlators/>. It is also part of the
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| 530 | Perl core distribution as of 5.6.0.
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| 531 |
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| 532 | =head1 AUTHOR
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| 533 |
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| 534 | Russ Allbery <[email protected]>, based I<very> heavily on the original
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| 535 | B<pod2man> by Larry Wall and Tom Christiansen. Large portions of this
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| 536 | documentation, particularly the sections on the anatomy of a proper man
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| 537 | page, are taken from the B<pod2man> documentation by Tom.
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| 538 |
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| 539 | =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
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| 540 |
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| 541 | Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001 by Russ Allbery <[email protected]>.
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| 542 |
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| 543 | This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
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| 544 | under the same terms as Perl itself.
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| 545 |
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| 546 | =cut
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| 547 | !NO!SUBS!
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| 548 | #'# (cperl-mode)
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| 549 |
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| 550 | close OUT or die "Can't close $file: $!";
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| 551 | chmod 0755, $file or die "Can't reset permissions for $file: $!\n";
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| 552 | exec("$Config{'eunicefix'} $file") if $Config{'eunicefix'} ne ':';
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| 553 | chdir $origdir;
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