NAME
Getopt::Long::Dump - Run a Getopt::Long-based script but only to dump
the spec
VERSION
This document describes version 0.112 of Getopt::Long::Dump (from Perl
distribution Getopt-Long-Dump), released on 2022-08-10.
FUNCTIONS
dump_getopt_long_script
Usage:
dump_getopt_long_script(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]
Run a Getopt::Long-based script but only to dump the spec.
This function runs a CLI script that uses "Getopt::Long" but
monkey-patches beforehand so that "run()" will dump the object and then
exit. The goal is to get the object without actually running the script.
This can be used to gather information about the script and then
generate documentation about it or do other things (e.g.
"App::shcompgen" to generate a completion script for the original
script).
CLI script needs to use "Getopt::Long". This is detected currently by a
simple regex. If script is not detected as using "Getopt::Long", status
412 is returned.
Will return the "Getopt::Long" specification.
This function is not exported by default, but exportable.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
* filename* => *str*
Path to the script.
* libs => *array[str]*
Libraries to unshift to @INC when running script.
* skip_detect => *bool*
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element ($status_code) is an integer containing HTTP-like status
code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second
element ($reason) is a string containing error message, or something
like "OK" if status is 200. Third element ($payload) is the actual
result, but usually not present when enveloped result is an error
response ($status_code is not 2xx). Fourth element (%result_meta) is
called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra
information, much like how HTTP response headers provide additional
metadata.
Return value: (any)
ENVIRONMENT
GETOPT_LONG_DUMP => bool
Will be set to 1 when executing the script to be dumped.
HOMEPAGE
Please visit the project's homepage at
<https://metacpan.org/release/Getopt-Long-Dump>.
SOURCE
Source repository is at
<https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Getopt-Long-Dump>.
AUTHOR
perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>
CONTRIBUTING
To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull
requests on GitHub.
Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You
can simply modify the code, then test via:
% prove -l
If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally
on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla,
Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR,
Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two
other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps
required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2022, 2016, 2015, 2014 by perlancar
<perlancar@cpan.org>.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website
<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Getopt-Long-Dump>
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch
to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.