Getargs::Long - Named subroutine arguments, with optional type checking The "Getargs::Long" module allows usage of named parameters in function calls, along with optional argument type-checking. It provides an easy way to get at the parameters within the routine, and yields concise descriptions for the common cases of all-mandatory and all-optional parameter lists. *** This is alpha software -- use at your own risk *** NEW IN THIS VERSION Version 1.1000: Tue Dec 21 2004 - Fixed version numbers, which were incompatible with some modules. (Thanks to Tassilo von Parseval for the bug report) - Removed custom installation prompt. - Cleaned up documentation a bit. MODULE DEPENDENCIES To use this module, you will need to install: - Log::Agent - version::Limit You should be prompted to install this module automatically when you run "perl Makefile.PL". INSTALLATION To install this package, change to the directory where you unarchived this distribution and type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install You can install this package into a non-default location by appending one of the following to the "perl Makefile.PL" command: - "PREFIX=/installation/path" (for installation into a custom location), - "INSTALLDIRS=site" (for installation into site-specific Perl directories) - "INSTALLDIRS=perl" (for installation into standard Perl directories). If you make the installation into your own directory, then remember that you must tell perl where to search for modules before trying to 'use' them. For example: use lib '/home/userid/lib'; use Getargs::Long; INSTALLATION PROBLEMS If "make test" fails, run make test TEST_VERBOSE=1 and see which test(s) are failing. Please email the results to the address below, or submit a bug report on the project website as described in the section REPORTING BUGS below. For other bugs, see the section REPORTING BUGS below. DOCUMENTATION Just "perldoc Getargs::Long". After installation on Unix systems, you can also do "man Getargs::Long". HOMEPAGE Visit http://coppit.org/code/ for the latest version. KNOWN BUGS This module is known to exercise a bug in perl 5.6.0. Don't use that version of perl: use 5.005_03, or try 5.6.1. The interface of this module changed between 0.1.2 and 0.1.3, and is NOT backward compatible. REPORTING BUGS Send email to David Coppit . COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) Mar 2 2001-Mar 20 2001 Raphael Manfredi. Copyright (c) Mar 20 2001-2004 David Coppit. All rights reserved, save those granted by the license. LICENSE This code is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). See the file LICENSE included in the distribution. AUTHOR David Coppit (current maintainer) Raphael Manfredi (original author)