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PROGRAM:

NAME

cpandb - interface to "CPAN::SQLite"

VERSION

version 0.211

DESCRIPTION

This script is an interface to the routines of CPAN::SQLite for setting up, maintaining
and searching a "DBD::SQLite" database of CPAN. Available options can be grouped into
three categories.

Common options
These are options which are common to both setting up and maintaining the database or
performing queries on it. These are

· "--CPAN '/path/to/CPAN'"

This specifies the path to where the index files are to be stored. This could be a
local CPAN mirror, defined here by the presence of a MIRRORED.BY file beneath this
directory, or a local directory in which to store these files from a remote CPAN
mirror. In the latter case, the index files are fetched from a remote CPAN mirror,
using the same list that "CPAN.pm" uses, if this is configured, and are updated if they
are more than one day old.

If the "CPAN" option is not given, it will default to "cpan_home" of CPAN::, if this is
configured, with the sources being found under "keep_source_where". A fatal error
results if such a directory isn't found. Updates to these index files are assumed here
to be handled by "CPAN.pm".

· "--db_name 'cpan-sqlite'"

This is the name of the database that "DBD::SQLite" will use. If not given, this
defaults to "cpandb-sqlite".

· "--db_dir '/path/to/db/dir'"

This specifies the path to where the database file is found. If not given, it defaults
to the "cpan_home" directory of "CPAN.pm", if present, or to the directory in which the
script was invoked.

Indexing options
These are options which are used for setting up and maintaining the database. These
include

· "--setup"

This specifies that the database is to be created and populated from the CPAN indices;
any existing database will be overwritten.

· "--update"

This is used to update an existing database, which must have first been created with
the "setup" option.

· "--reindex 'dist_name'"

This specifies that the CPAN distribution "dist_name" is to be reindexed.

Querying options
These options are used to query the database. Available options are

· "--module Mod::Name"

This provides information on the specified module name.

· "--dist Dist-Name"

This provides information on the specified distribution name.

· "--cpanid CPANID"

This provides information on the specified CPAN author id

All search terms are assumed to be exact matches in a case-insensitive manner.

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