Proc::SafeExec provides an easy, safe way to execute external programs. It
replaces all of Perl's questionable ways of accomodating this, including
system(), open() with a pipe, exec(), back-ticks, etc. This module will never
automatically invoke /bin/sh. This module is easy enough to use that /bin/sh
should be unnecessary, even for complex pipelines.
The Proc::Simple package provides objects that model real-
life processes from a user's point of view. A new process
object is created by
$myproc = Proc::Simple->new();
Either shell-like command lines or references to perl
subroutines can be specified for launching a process in
background. A 10-second sleep process, for example, can
be started via the shell as
$myproc->start("sleep 10");
or, as a perl subroutine, with
$myproc->start(sub { sleep(10); });
Path::Dispatcher - flexible and extensible dispatch for perl
This is yet another file/directory handler that does a bit more than
Path::Class for some parts, and a bit less for other parts. One of
the main difference is Path::Extended always tries to use forward
slashes when possible, ie. even when you're on the MS Windows, so that
you don't need to care about escaping paths that annoys you from time
to time when you want to apply regexen to a path, especially in file
tests that use 'like' or 'compare'.
Path::FindDev is used to find a development path somewhere in an upper
hierarchy. It is mostly a glue layer around Path::IsDev with a few
directory walking tricks.
This module is more or less a bunch of heuristics for determining if a
given path is a development tree root of some kind.
This has many useful applications, notably ones that require
behaviours for "installed" modules to be different to those that are
still "in development"
Range::Integer is a perl module which can be helpful for work with
string ranges.
Path::Resource is a module for combining local file and directory manipulation
with URI manipulation. It allows you to effortlessly map local file locations
to their URI equivalent.
This Perl module provides an object oriented interface to access
Revision Control System (RCS) utilities. RCS must be installed on the
system prior to using this module. This module should simplify the
creation of an RCS front-end.
This module attempts to provide a small, fast utility for working with
file paths. It is friendlier to use than File::Spec and provides
easy access to functions from several other core file handling modules.