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/usr/bin/cpan-upload

Upload things to the CPAN

From perl-cpan-uploader 0.103019-r5 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running cpan-upload --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: cpan-upload [options] file-to-upload
    --verbose (or -v)        enable verbose logging
    --help (or -h)           display this help message
    --dry-run                do not actually upload anything

    --user STR (or -u)       your PAUSE username
    --password STR (or -p)   the password to your PAUSE account
    --directory STR (or -d)  a dir in your CPAN space in which to put the files
    --http-proxy STR         URL of the http proxy to use in uploading
    --ignore-errors          instead of aborting, continue to next file on error
    --config STR (or -c)     config file to use; defaults to ~/.pause
    --md5                    compute MD5 checksums of the files
    --retries INT            number of retries to perform on upload failure
    --retry-delay INT        number of seconds to wait between retries
Options (12)
OptionDescriptionSource
--verbose (orenable verbose logginghelp
--help (ordisplay this help messagehelp
--dry-rundo not actually upload anythinghelp
--user STRyour PAUSE usernamehelp
--password STRthe password to your PAUSE accounthelp
--directory STRa dir in your CPAN space in which to put the fileshelp
--http-proxy STRURL of the http proxy to use in uploadinghelp
--ignore-errorsinstead of aborting, continue to next file on errorhelp
--config STRconfig file to use;help
--md5compute MD5 checksums of the fileshelp
--retries INTnumber of retries to perform on upload failurehelp
--retry-delay INTnumber of seconds to wait between retrieshelp

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