scan_deps¶

    $rv_ref = scan_deps(
        files      => \@files,     recurse => $recurse,
        rv         => \%rv,        skip    => \%skip,
        compile    => $compile,    execute => $execute,
    );
    $rv_ref = scan_deps(@files); # shorthand, with recurse => 1

This function scans each file in @files, registering their dependencies into %rv, and returns a reference to the updated %rv. The meaning of keys and values are explained above.

If $recurse is true, "scan_deps" will call itself recursively, to perform a breadth-first search on text files (as defined by the -T operator) found in %rv.

If the "\%skip" is specified, files that exists as its keys are skipped. This is used internally to avoid infinite recursion.

If $compile or $execute is true, runs "files" in either compile-only or normal mode, then inspects their %INC after termination to determine additional runtime dependencies.

If $execute is an array reference, runs the files contained in it instead of @files.

If performance of the scanning process is a concern, "cache_file" can be set to a filename. The scanning results will be cached and written to the file. This will speed up the scanning process on subsequent runs.

Additionally, an option "warn_missing" is recognized. If set to true, "scan_deps" issues a warning to STDERR for every module file that the scanned code depends but that wasn't found. Please note that this may also report numerous false positives. That is why by default, the heuristic silently drops all dependencies it cannot find.

scan_deps_runtime¶

Like scan_deps, but skips the static scanning part.

scan_line¶

    @modules = scan_line($line);

Splits a line into chunks (currently with the semicolon characters), and return the union of "scan_chunk" calls of them.

If the line is "__END__" or "__DATA__", a single "__END__" element is returned to signify the end of the program.

Similarly, it returns a single "__POD__" if the line matches "/^=\w/"; the caller is responsible for skipping appropriate number of lines until "=cut", before calling "scan_line" again.

scan_chunk¶

    $module = scan_chunk($chunk);
    @modules = scan_chunk($chunk);

Apply various heuristics to $chunk to find and return the module name(s) it contains. In scalar context, returns only the first module or "undef".

add_deps¶

    $rv_ref = add_deps( rv => \%rv, modules => \@modules );
    $rv_ref = add_deps( @modules ); # shorthand, without rv

Resolves a list of module names to its actual on-disk location, by finding in @INC and @Module::ScanDeps::IncludeLibs; modules that cannot be found are skipped.

This function populates the %rv hash with module/filename pairs, and returns a reference to it.

path_to_inc_name¶

    $perl_name = path_to_inc_name($path, $warn)

Assumes $path refers to a perl file and does it's best to return the name as it would appear in %INC. Returns undef if no match was found and a prints a warning to STDERR if $warn is true.

E.g. if $path = perl/site/lib/Module/ScanDeps.pm then $perl_name will be Module/ScanDeps.pm.

@Module::ScanDeps::IncludeLibs¶

You can set this global variable to specify additional directories in which to search modules without modifying @INC itself.

$Module::ScanDeps::ScanFileRE¶

You can set this global variable to specify a regular expression to identify what files to scan. By default it includes all files of the following types: .pm, .pl, .t and .al. Additionally, all files without a suffix are considered.

For instance, if you want to scan all files then use the following:

"$Module::ScanDeps::ScanFileRE = qr/./"