NAME
File::Share - Extend File::ShareDir to Local Libraries
SYNOPSIS
use File::Share ':all';
my $dir = dist_dir('Foo-Bar');
my $file = dist_file('Foo-Bar', 'file.txt');
DESCRIPTION
This module is a dropin replacement for File::ShareDir. It supports the
"dist_dir" and "dist_file" functions, except these functions have been
enhanced to understand when the developer's local "./share/" directory
should be used.
NOTE: module_dist and module_file are not yet supported, because (afaik)
there is no well known way to populate per-module share files. This may
change in the future. Please contact me if you know how to do this.
PROBLEM AND SOLUTION
Module::Install has an "install_share" directive that allows you to
install various files associated with a distribution. By convention,
module authors always put these in a directory called "share/". However,
File::ShareDir can only find files after they have been installed. This
can be problematic when running development tests.
File::Share will look for a local "share" directory, if it notices that
the module corresponding was loaded from a development path.
Devel::Local gives you an easy way to use a bunch of source repositories
as though their lib and bin directories had already been installed.
"File::Share" lets you play along with that.
SEE ALSO
* File::ShareDir
AUTHOR
Ingy döt Net <ingy@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2011-2014. Ingy döt Net.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>