The software allows users to easily download and extract files from CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) with the use of its utility features. It is a useful tool for managing and organizing CPAN files.
uncpan is a Perl utility used for obtaining and extracting files from CPAN. It offers multiple options for processing local or remote files, as well as querying modules through the CPAN shell.
To use this software, the user may input various parameters such as LOCAL_DIR, LOCAL_FILE_NAME, REMOTE_URL, or MODULE_NAME. Depending on the input, uncpan will either process all .tar, .tgz, .tar.gz, .zip files under LOCAL_DIR, uncompress and untar all valid CPAN files, uncompress and untar a valid CPAN file designated by LOCAL_FILE_NAME, or download a file from a REMOTE_URL and uncompress and untar it to the current directory if it is a valid CPAN file. In addition, uncpan can download a module from CPAN, requiring module CPAN to execute, and utilizes the Site to do so.
There are a couple of factors to keep in mind when using uncpan, particularly in regards to download issues. For remote file downloads, the LWP modules are required, and if the environment variable HTTP_PROXY exists, it will be utilized by uncpan. On the Windows platform, if the Win32::TieRegistry modules are present, it will utilize the proxy settings from Internet Explorer.
Overall, uncpan is an efficient and effective Perl utility for managing and extracting CPAN files.
To use this software, the user may input various parameters such as LOCAL_DIR, LOCAL_FILE_NAME, REMOTE_URL, or MODULE_NAME. Depending on the input, uncpan will either process all .tar, .tgz, .tar.gz, .zip files under LOCAL_DIR, uncompress and untar all valid CPAN files, uncompress and untar a valid CPAN file designated by LOCAL_FILE_NAME, or download a file from a REMOTE_URL and uncompress and untar it to the current directory if it is a valid CPAN file. In addition, uncpan can download a module from CPAN, requiring module CPAN to execute, and utilizes the Site to do so.
There are a couple of factors to keep in mind when using uncpan, particularly in regards to download issues. For remote file downloads, the LWP modules are required, and if the environment variable HTTP_PROXY exists, it will be utilized by uncpan. On the Windows platform, if the Win32::TieRegistry modules are present, it will utilize the proxy settings from Internet Explorer.
Overall, uncpan is an efficient and effective Perl utility for managing and extracting CPAN files.
What's New
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