README
1This distribution contains the String::ShellQuote module, plus a command-line
2interface to it. It contains some functions which are useful for quoting
3strings which are going to pass through the shell or a shell-like object. It
4is useful for doing robust tool programming, particularly when dealing with
5files whose names contain white space or shell globbing characters.
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7To build it, run:
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9 perl Makefile.PL
10 make
11 make test
12 make install
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14For more detailed instructions see "man perlmodinstall", "perldoc
15perlmodinstall", or http://www.cpan.org/modules/INSTALL.html.
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17The documentation is embeded in the module, use
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19 perldoc ShellQuote.pm
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21to read it before installation.
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23Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
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25Copyright (c) 1997 Roderick Schertler. All rights reserved. This
26program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
27the same terms as Perl itself.
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29$Id: README,v 1.4 2005/05/03 10:53:33 roderick Exp $
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