CPAN/src/misc/README

This document describes the src/misc subdirectory of the CPAN.

The directory contains sources possibly relevant to Perl.

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anlpasswd*      a passwd(1) replacement using Perl
               (checks passwords proactively using dictionaries and patterns)

db*             Berkeley DB sources for use with
               the Perl 5 database extensions

gdbm*           GNU dbm sources for use with
               the Perl 5 database extensions

nvi*            new vi with embedded Perl (among other things)

perl-byacc*     Berkeley Yacc that can output grammars in Perl 4

perl5-byacc*    Berkeley Yacc that can output grammars in Perl 5

sfio*           stdio replacement from AT&T.
               Stackable stream disciplines and other cool stuff.

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