Script::Toolbox version 0.17
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- same as 0.16 with additional tests

Script::Toolbox version 0.16
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- new function Now()
- new function Now('strftime-format')

Script::Toolbox version 0.13...0.15
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- automatic usage message if any errors on the command line
- Script::Toolbox->new() is valid yet (no command line processing)
- new function System()
- new function File( "| /bin/cat", "Hello World" )

Script::Toolbox version 0.12
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0.12 fixes a little mistake in the POD section of Script::Toolbox 
(nothing dangerous :-)

Script::Toolbox version 0.11
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use UNIVERSAL qw(isa);
=> cause an error on RedHat. Version 0.11 comes without usage of UNIVERSAL.



Script::Toolbox version 0.10
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This version fixes some minor bugs in the 'Usage' message part.
Optionaly options and mandatory options with a default value will
be displayed yet like '[-option <value>] - the description'.


Script::Toolbox version 0.09
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This module is intended to make the life a litle bit easier for all of us
who have to write daily a "small" script. Every time the same procedure, 
the script needs some options, a usage message, deals with some files and
directories, needs a logfile and so on. Before you can say knife the "small"
script will become a "big" script.

This module offers:

- Mandatory and optionaly commandline options (based on GetOpt::Long).
- Automated generation of usage messages.
- Automated display of the online manual (-help).
- Simple read/write of entire files to/from memory.
- Simple read of directory listings.
- Simple logging .
- Automated logging of criticaly exceptions.
- Simple automated formatting of tabular data like CSV or such you can get.
  from selectall_arrayref() and selectall_hashref()  from the DBI module.
- Simple usage of temporary files.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

A example.pl script demonstrates some of the features.

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:


   IO::File
   IO::Dir
   File::stat;
   Data::Dumper;
   Fatal
   UNIVERSAL
   Getopt::Long
   Exporter

	
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Matthias Eckardt, eckardt & braun GmbH

matthias.eckardt@link-up.de
http://www.link-up.de

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.