Accessing packed files * To get the host archive from a packed program: my $zip = PAR::par_handle($0); # an Archive::Zip object my $content = $zip->contents('MANIFEST'); * Same thing, but with read_file(): my $content = PAR::read_file('MANIFEST'); * Loaded PAR files are stored in %PAR::LibCache: use PAR '/home/mylibs/*.par'; while (my ($filename, $zip) = each %PAR::LibCache) { print "[$filename - MANIFEST]\n"; print $zip->contents('MANIFEST'); }