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ExtUtils::Helpers(3pm)

ExtUtils::Helpers(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation ExtUtils::Helpers(3)

 use ExtUtils::Helpers qw/make_executable split_like_shell/;
 unshift @ARGV, split_like_shell($ENV{PROGRAM_OPTS});
 write_script_to('Build');
 make_executable('Build');

This module provides various portable helper functions for module building modules.

This makes a perl script executable.

This function splits a string the same way as the local platform does.

This function substitutes a tilde at the start of a path with the users homedir in an appropriate manner.

Returns the man page filename for a script.

Returns the man page filename for a Perl library.

Olivier Mengué and Christian Walde made "make_executable" work on Windows.

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2026-10-25 perl v5.44.0

perl-extutils-helpers 0.028-r11 · os · ingested 2026-10-26