README file for File::BOM::Utils. See also: Changes and Changelog.ini. Warning: WinZip 8.1 and 9.0 both contain an 'accidental' bug which stops them recognizing POSIX-style directory structures in valid tar files. You are better off using a reliable tool such as InfoZip: ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ 1 Installing from a Unix-like distro ------------------------------------ shell>gunzip File-BOM-Utils-1.00.tgz shell>tar mxvf File-BOM-Utils-1.00.tar On Unix-like systems, assuming you have installed Module::Build V 0.25+: shell>perl Build.PL shell>./Build shell>./Build test shell>./Build install On MS Windows-like systems, assuming you have installed Module::Build V 0.25+: shell>perl Build.PL shell>perl Build shell>perl Build test shell>perl Build install Alternately, without Module::Build, you do this: Note: 'make' on MS Windows-like systems may be called 'nmake' or 'dmake'. shell>perl Makefile.PL shell>make shell>make test shell>su (for Unix-like systems) shell>make install shell>exit (for Unix-like systems) On all systems: Run Utils.pm through your favourite pod2html translator. 2 Installing from an ActiveState distro --------------------------------------- shell>unzip File-BOM-Utils-1.00.zip shell>ppm install --location=. File-BOM-Utils shell>del File-BOM-Utils-1.00.ppd shell>del PPM-File-BOM-Utils-1.00.tar.gz