#!/usr/bin/perl eval 'exec /usr/bin/perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}' if 0; # not running under some shell use strict; use File::Copy qw( copy ); use Pod::Readme; our $VERSION = '0.05'; # TODO # - use Getopts::Long with better options # - allow for stream conversion # - if no input given, parse META.yml and guess my $input = shift||""; unless (-r $input) { print STDERR << "USAGE"; Cannot find input file "$input" Usage: pod2readme inputfile [outputfile] [type] USAGE exit(1); } my $output = shift || "README"; my $type = shift || lc($output); my $parser = Pod::Readme->new( readme_type => $type ); if (-e $output) { copy( $output, $output . ".bak" ); } $parser->parse_from_file( $input, $output ); __END__ =pod =head1 NAME pod2readme - script to convert POD to README file =head1 SYNOPSIS pod2readme lib/Some/Module.pm =head1 DESCRIPTIONS Converts POD in the specified file to a F text file. If a second argument is given, it will use that as the output file and assume that is the type of file to export: pod2readme Module.pm COPYING If need be, this can be overridden in cases where the output file is not the same as the type, using a third argument: pod2readme Module.pm Module-Install.HOWTO install =head1 SEE ALSO L =head1 AUTHOR Robert Rothenberg =head1 LICENSE Copyright (c) 2005 Robert Rothenberg. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut