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.IX Title "Test::Pod 3"
.TH Test::Pod 3 "2018-04-19" "perl v5.26.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Test::Pod \- check for POD errors in files
.SH "VERSION"
.IX Header "VERSION"
Version 1.52
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\f(CW\*(C`Test::Pod\*(C'\fR lets you check the validity of a \s-1POD\s0 file, and report
its results in standard \f(CW\*(C`Test::Simple\*(C'\fR fashion.
.PP
.Vb 2
\&    use Test::Pod tests => $num_tests;
\&    pod_file_ok( $file, "Valid POD file" );
.Ve
.PP
Module authors can include the following in a \fIt/pod.t\fR file and
have \f(CW\*(C`Test::Pod\*(C'\fR automatically find and check all \s-1POD\s0 files in a
module distribution:
.PP
.Vb 4
\&    use Test::More;
\&    eval "use Test::Pod 1.00";
\&    plan skip_all => "Test::Pod 1.00 required for testing POD" if $@;
\&    all_pod_files_ok();
.Ve
.PP
You can also specify a list of files to check, using the
\&\f(CW\*(C`all_pod_files()\*(C'\fR function supplied:
.PP
.Vb 6
\&    use strict;
\&    use Test::More;
\&    eval "use Test::Pod 1.00";
\&    plan skip_all => "Test::Pod 1.00 required for testing POD" if $@;
\&    my @poddirs = qw( blib script );
\&    all_pod_files_ok( all_pod_files( @poddirs ) );
.Ve
.PP
Or even (if you're running under Apache::Test):
.PP
.Vb 4
\&    use strict;
\&    use Test::More;
\&    eval "use Test::Pod 1.00";
\&    plan skip_all => "Test::Pod 1.00 required for testing POD" if $@;
\&
\&    my @poddirs = qw( blib script );
\&    use File::Spec::Functions qw( catdir updir );
\&    all_pod_files_ok(
\&        all_pod_files( map { catdir updir, $_ } @poddirs )
\&    );
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Check \s-1POD\s0 files for errors or warnings in a test file, using
\&\f(CW\*(C`Pod::Simple\*(C'\fR to do the heavy lifting.
.SH "FUNCTIONS"
.IX Header "FUNCTIONS"
.SS "pod_file_ok( FILENAME[, \s-1TESTNAME\s0 ] )"
.IX Subsection "pod_file_ok( FILENAME[, TESTNAME ] )"
\&\f(CW\*(C`pod_file_ok()\*(C'\fR will okay the test if the \s-1POD\s0 parses correctly.  Certain
conditions are not reported yet, such as a file with no pod in it at all.
.PP
When it fails, \f(CW\*(C`pod_file_ok()\*(C'\fR will show any pod checking errors as
diagnostics.
.PP
The optional second argument \s-1TESTNAME\s0 is the name of the test.  If it
is omitted, \f(CW\*(C`pod_file_ok()\*(C'\fR chooses a default test name \*(L"\s-1POD\s0 test
for \s-1FILENAME\*(R".\s0
.SS "all_pod_files_ok( [@entries] )"
.IX Subsection "all_pod_files_ok( [@entries] )"
Checks all the files under \f(CW@entries\fR for valid \s-1POD.\s0 It runs
\&\fBall_pod_files()\fR on directories and assumes everything else to be a file to
be tested. It calls the \f(CW\*(C`plan()\*(C'\fR function for you (one test for each file),
so you can't have already called \f(CW\*(C`plan\*(C'\fR.
.PP
If \f(CW@entries\fR is empty or not passed, the function finds all \s-1POD\s0 files in
files in the \fIblib\fR directory if it exists, or the \fIlib\fR directory if not.
A \s-1POD\s0 file matches the conditions specified below in \*(L"all_pod_files\*(R".
.PP
If you're testing a module, just make a \fIt/pod.t\fR:
.PP
.Vb 4
\&    use Test::More;
\&    eval "use Test::Pod 1.00";
\&    plan skip_all => "Test::Pod 1.00 required for testing POD" if $@;
\&    all_pod_files_ok();
.Ve
.PP
Returns true if all pod files are ok, or false if any fail.
.SS "all_pod_files( [@dirs] )"
.IX Xref "all_pod_files"
.IX Subsection "all_pod_files( [@dirs] )"
Returns a list of all the \s-1POD\s0 files in \fI\f(CI@dirs\fI\fR and in directories below. If
no directories are passed, it defaults to \fIblib\fR if \fIblib\fR exists, or else
\&\fIlib\fR if not. Skips any files in \fI\s-1CVS\s0\fR, \fI.svn\fR, \fI.git\fR and similar
directories. See \f(CW%Test::Pod::ignore_dirs\fR for a list of them.
.PP
A \s-1POD\s0 file is:
.IP "\(bu" 4
Any file that ends in \fI.pl\fR, \fI.PL\fR, \fI.pm\fR, \fI.pod\fR, \fI.psgi\fR or \fI.t\fR.
.IP "\(bu" 4
Any file that has a first line with a shebang and \*(L"perl\*(R" on it.
.IP "\(bu" 4
Any file that ends in \fI.bat\fR and has a first line with \*(L"\-\-*\-Perl\-*\-\-\*(R" on it.
.PP
The order of the files returned is machine-dependent.  If you want them
sorted, you'll have to sort them yourself.
.SH "SUPPORT"
.IX Header "SUPPORT"
This module is managed in an open GitHub
repository <http://github.com/perl-pod/test-pod/>. Feel free to fork and
contribute, or to clone <git://github.com/perl\-pod/test\-pod.git> and send
patches!
.PP
Found a bug? Please post <http://github.com/perl-pod/test-pod/issues> or
email <mailto:bug-test-pod@rt.cpan.org> a report!
.SH "AUTHORS"
.IX Header "AUTHORS"
.IP "David E. Wheeler <david@justatheory.com>" 4
.IX Item "David E. Wheeler <david@justatheory.com>"
Current maintainer.
.ie n .IP "Andy Lester ""<andy at petdance.com>""" 4
.el .IP "Andy Lester \f(CW<andy at petdance.com>\fR" 4
.IX Item "Andy Lester <andy at petdance.com>"
Maintainer emeritus.
.IP "brian d foy" 4
.IX Item "brian d foy"
Original author.
.SH "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
.IX Header "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
Thanks brian d foy for the original code, and to these folks for contributions:
.IP "\(bu" 4
Andy Lester
.IP "\(bu" 4
David E. Wheeler
.IP "\(bu" 4
Paul Miller
.IP "\(bu" 4
Peter Edwards
.IP "\(bu" 4
Luca Ferrari
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
Copyright 2006\-2010, Andy Lester; 2010\-2015 David E. Wheeler. Some Rights
Reserved.
.PP
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.