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ExtUtils::Miniperl

NAME

ExtUtils::Miniperl - write the C code for miniperlmain.c and perlmain.c

SYNOPSIS

  1.     use ExtUtils::Miniperl;
  2.     writemain(@directories);
  3.     # or
  4.     writemain($fh, @directories);
  5.     # or
  6.     writemain(\$filename, @directories);

DESCRIPTION

writemain() takes an argument list of zero or more directories containing archive libraries that relate to perl modules and should be linked into a new perl binary. It writes a corresponding miniperlmain.c or perlmain.c file that is a plain C file containing all the bootstrap code to make the modules associated with the libraries available from within perl. If the first argument to writemain() is a reference to a scalar it is used as the filename to open for output. Any other reference is used as the filehandle to write to. Otherwise output defaults to STDOUT .

The typical usage is from within perl's own Makefile (to build perlmain.c) or from regen/miniperlmain.pl (to build miniperlmain.c). So under normal circumstances you won't have to deal with this module directly.

SEE ALSO

ExtUtils::MakeMaker