ExtUtils::MMWin32(3pm)Perl Programmers Reference GuideExtUtils::MMWin32(3pm)

NAME
       ExtUtils::MMWin32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtU-
       tils::MakeMaker

SYNOPSIS
        use ExtUtils::MMWin32; # Done internally by ExtUtils::MakeMaker if needed

DESCRIPTION
       See ExtUtils::MMUnix for a documentation of the methods provided
       there. This package overrides the implementation of these methods, not
       the semantics.

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       replacemanpageseparator
           Changes the path separator with .

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           Since Windows has nothing as simple as an executable bit, we check
           the file extension.

           The PATHEXT env variable will be used to get a list of extensions
           that might indicate a command, otherwise .com, .exe, .bat and .cmd
           will be used by default.

       initDIRFILESEP           Using \ for Windows.

       iinniittootthheerrss
           Override some of the Unix specific commands with portable ExtU-
           tils::Command ones.

           Also provide defaults for LD and AR in case the %Config values
           aren't set.

           LDLOADLIBS's default is changed to $Config{libs}.

           Adjustments are made for Borland's quirks needing -L to come first.

       initplatform
           Add MMWin32VERSION.

       platformconstants
       specialtargets
           Add .USESHELL target for dmake.

       staticlib
           Changes how to run the linker.

           The rest is duplicate code from MMUnix.  Should move the linker
           code to its own method.

       dynamiclib
           Complicated stuff for Win32 that I don't understand. :(

       extracleanfiles
           Clean out some extra dll.{base,exp} files which might be generated
           by gcc.  Otherwise, take out all *.pdb files.

       initlinker
       perlscript
           Checks for the perl program under several common perl extensions.

       xso
           This target is stubbed out.  Not sure why.

       pasthru
           All we send is -nologo to nmake to prevent it from printing its
           damned banner.

       oneliner
           These are based on what command.com does on Win98.  They may be
           wrong for other Windows shells, I don't know.

       cd  dmake can handle Unix style cd'ing but nmake (at least 1.5) cannot.
           It wants:

               cd dir
               command
               anothercommand
               cd ..

           NNOOTTEE This cd can only go one level down.  So far this sufficient
           for what MakeMaker needs.

       maxexeclen
           nmake 1.50 limits command length to 2048 characters.

       osflavor
           Windows is Win32.



perl v5.8.8                       2001-09-21           ExtUtils::MMWin32(3pm)