I was wondering what was wanted in the way of scripts for CPAN. I write a fair number and occasionally I wonder if they'd be of any use to others -- though usually I think they aren't polished enough to even make the attempt.

The script I had problems with the other day, I've gotten to a point that might make it worth a '1.0', but it's so specific to my needs I don't know how much I'm deluding myself about it being something that others might be interested in. OTOH, I've seen a wide range of code on CPAN from stuff way over my head (but useful), to stuff that seems very 'arcane' and has me scratching my head thinking "well, I suppose there are some people who might find it useful, and probably if there is even 1, it was good to have posted it..."

I don't know if anyone remembers the vague content, but the script 'iomon' is linux specific, and requires read access to the /proc/diskstats file.

Other requirements:
reads dir /dev/mapper.
wants 'mount' and 'stty' to be in the path for info requirements.

Is this the type of thing useful for the scripts section?

In reply to requiremens for CPAN scripts? by perl-diddler

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