Manpages - ExtUtils_PL2Bat.3perl

This function takes a perl script and write a batch file that contains the script. This is sometimes necessary

• in The name of the script that is to be batchified. This argument is mandatory.
• out The name of the output batch file. If not given, it will be generated using in and stripsuffix.
• ntargs Arguments to invoke perl with in generated batch file when run from Windows NT. Defaults to ’-x -S %0 %*’.
• otherargs Arguments to invoke perl with in generated batch file except when run from Windows NT (ie. when run from DOS, Windows 3.1, or Windows 95). Defaults to ’-x -S %0 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9’.
• stripsuffix Strip a suffix string from file name before appending a .bat suffix. The suffix is not case-sensitive. It can be a regex or a string and a trailing $ is always assumed). Defaults to qr/\.plx?/.
• usewarnings With the usewarnings option, " -w" is added after the value of $Config{startperl}. If a line matching /^#!.*perl/ already exists in the script, then it is not changed and the -w option is ignored.
• update If the script appears to have already been processed by pl2bat, then the script is skipped and not processed unless update was specified. If update is specified, the existing preamble is replaced.