DESCRIPTION This script provides a command interface (not a shell) to CPAN. At the moment it uses CPAN.pm to do the work, but it is not a one-shot command runner for CPAN.pm.
Meta Options These options are mutually exclusive, and the script processes them in this order: [hvCAar]. Once the script finds one, it ignores the others, and then exits after it finishes the task. The script ignores any other command line options.
-a Creates the CPAN.pm autobundle with CPAN::Shell->autobundle.
-D module [ module ... ] Show the module details. This prints one line for each out-of-date module (meaning, modules locally installed but have newer versions on CPAN). Each line has three columns: module name, local version, and CPAN version.
-L author [ author ... ] List the modules by the specified authors.
-h Prints a help message.
-O Show the out-of-date modules.
-r Recompiles dynamically loaded modules with CPAN::Shell->recompile.
-v Print the script version and CPAN.pm version.
Module options These options are mutually exclusive, and the script processes them in alphabetical order. It only processes the first one it finds.
c Runs a make clean in the specified module s directories.
f Forces the specified action, when it normally would have failed.
i Installed the specified modules.
m Makes the specified modules.
t Runs a make test on the specified modules.
SEE ALSO Most behaviour, including environment variables and configuration, comes directly from CPAN.pm.
SOURCE AVAILABILITY This source is part of a SourceForge project which always has the latest sources in CVS, as well as all of the previous releases.
If, for some reason, I disappear from the world, one of the other members of the project can shepherd this module appropriately.
CREDITS Japheth Cleaver added the bits to allow a forced install (-f).
Jim Brandt suggest and provided the initial implementation for the up- to-date and Changes features.
AUTHOR brian d foy, "<bdfoy@cpan.org>"
COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2001-2006, brian d foy, All Rights Reserved.