I'm trying to create a module which will include a number of stand alone scripts that used the module files. My understanding from looking at the ExtUtils::MakeMaker POD, as well as some examples from CPAN, I should be able to do this by using this in Makefile.PL: 

use 5.012001;
use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
WriteMakefile(
    NAME          => 'MyModule',
    VERSION_FROM  => 'lib/MyModule.pm',
    PREREQ_PM     => {'WWW::Curl::Easy' => 4.15,
                      'JSON::XS' => 2.32,
                      'Term::ReadKey' => 2.30,
                      'String::Strip' => 1.02,
                      'Date::Parse' => 2.30,
                      },
    ABSTRACT_FROM => 'lib/MyModule.pm',
    AUTHOR            => 'me <me@example.com>',
    EXE_FILES         => [ 'script_name' ],
);

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But when I run 'make dist', the verbose output from 'tar' does not include 'script_name', and extracting the tar file content does not include it (just being sure ;).

Yet the examples I've looked at don't seem to be doing anything more than the single EXE_FILES line.

What am I missing? Many thanks in advance.

In reply to building a module with executable scripts by rmcgowan

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