NAME
Portable - Perl on a Stick (ALPHA)
SYNOPSIS
Launch a script portably
F:\anywhere\perl.exe -MPortable script.pl
Have a script specifically request to run portably
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Portable;
DESCRIPTION
THIS MODULE IS HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
"Portable" is a term used for applications that are installed onto a
portable storage device (most commonly a USB memory stick) rather than
onto a single host.
This technique has become very popular for Windows applications, as it
allows a user to make use of their own software on typical publically
accessible computers at libraries, hotels and internet cafes.
Converting a Windows application into portable form has a specific set
of challenges, as the application has no access to the Windows registry,
no access to "My Documents" type directories, and does not exist at a
reliable filesystem path (because the portable storage medium can be
mounted at an arbitrary volume or filesystem location).
Portable provides a methodology and implementation to support the
creating of "Portable Perl" applications and distributions.
While this will initially be focused on a Windows implementation,
wherever possible the module will be built to be platform-agnostic in
the hope that future versions can support other operating systems, or
work across multiple operating systems.
This module is not ready for public use. For now, see the code for more
details on how it works...
SUPPORT
Bugs should be reported via the CPAN bug tracker.
<
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Portable>
For other issues, or commercial support, contact the author.
AUTHOR
Adam Kennedy <
[email protected]>
SEE ALSO
<
http://win32.perl.org/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2008 - 2009 Adam Kennedy.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
with this module.
