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liz
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This is not a module, it's a script.
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After going through most of my modules on CPAN to make sure that they will work on the soon to be Perl 5.8.1, I again realized that the low profile, but <B>very</B> handy [http://search.cpan.org/author/NEILB/cpan-upload-2.2/cpan-upload|cpan-upload] utility script is a must-have for a module author.
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What does it do? Well, not a lot, but it does it quickly and quietly. It uploads your files to CPAN as simple as:
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cpan-upload Your-Module-1.07.tar.gz
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You get your confirmation mails just the way as you would normally if you would upload files to CPAN "manually".
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What do you need to do? Well, download it, then:
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perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
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then, in you home directory, create a file named ".pause" that you can only read and write to (-rw------), and put your configuration information in there. This is usually very simple, such as:
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user CPANID
password xyuolskhj
mailto your@address.tld
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and voila, you're set!
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[http://search.cpan.org/author/NEILB/|Neil Bowers] has made a very nice utility script that is well documented. Kudo's to Neil!
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Liz
Upload one or more files to CPAN, using PAUSE
A <B>must have</B> for every module author