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Registered Modules

AnyDBM_File Spu Uses first available *_File module above  
Attribute::Handlers RpdOp Simpler definition of attribute handlers  
AutoLoader SpuO Automatic function loader (using AutoSplit)  
AutoSplit Spuf Splits modules into files for AutoLoader  
Benchmark Spuf Easy way to time fragments of perl code  
CORE Scuf Internal package for perl native functions  
Carp Spuf Throw exceptions outside current package  
Config Spuf Stores details of perl build configuration  
Cwd Spuf Current working directory functions  
DynaLoader ScuO Dynamic loader for shared libraries  
English Spuf Defines English names for special variables  
Env Spuf Alias environment variables as perl vars  
Errno cpdf Constants from errno.h EACCES, ENOENT etc  
Exporter SpuO Implements default import method for modules  
File::Basename Spuf Return basename of a filename  
File::CheckTree Spuf Check file/dir tree against a specification  
File::Compare Spuf Compare file contents quickly  
File::Find Spuf Call func for every item in a directory tree  
File::Path Spuf File path and name utilities  
FileCache Spuf Keep more files open than the system permits  
FileHandle SpuO File handle objects and methods  
FindBin apdf Locate current script bin directory  
GDBM_File Scu Tie to GDBM files  
Getopt::Std Spuf Implements basic getopt and getopts  
I18N::LangTags Mpdfp compare & extract language tags (RFC3066)  
IO::Dir cpdO Directory handle objects and methods  
IO::File cpdO Methods for disk file based i/o handles  
IO::Handle cpdO Base class for input/output handles  
IO::Pipe cpdO Methods for pipe handles  
IO::Seekable cpdO Methods for seekable input/output handles  
IO::Select apdO Object interface to system select call  
IO::Socket cpdO Methods for socket input/output handles  
IPC::Open2 Spuf Open a process for both reading and writing  
IPC::Open3 Spuf Like IPC::Open2 but with error handling  
NDBM_File Scu Tie to NDBM files  
ODBM_File Scu Tie to ODBM files  
Opcode Spuf Disable named opcodes when compiling code  
POSIX SpuO An interface to most (all?) of POSIX.1  
PerlIO Rcunp On demand loader for PerlIO layers  
SDBM_File Scu Tie to SDBM files  
SUPER ScuO Internal class to access superclass methods  
Search::Dict Spuf Search a dictionary ordered text file  
SelfLoader SpuO Automatic function loader (using __DATA__)  
Shell Spuf Run shell commands transparently within perl  
Sys::Hostname Spuf Implements a portable hostname function  
Sys::Syslog Spuf Provides same functionality as BSD syslog  
Term::Complete Spuf Tab word completion using stty raw  
Text::Abbrev Spuf Builds hash of all possible abbreviations  
Thread chuO Manipulate threads in Perl (EXPERIMENTAL)  
Thread::Queue cpuh Thread-safe queues  
Thread::Semaphore cpuh Thread-safe semaphores  
Thread::Signal chuh A thread which runs signal handlers reliably  
Thread::Specific chuh Thread-specific keys  
Tie::Array Spur Base class for implementing tied arrays  
Tie::Hash Spur Base class for implementing tied hashes  
Tie::Quick i Simple way to create ties  
Tie::Scalar Spur Base class for implementing tied scalars  
Time::Local Spuf Implements timelocal() and timegm()  
UNIVERSAL ScuOp Internal universal base-class  
integer Spuf Controls float vs. integer arithmetic  
less Spuf Controls optimisations (yet unimplemented)  
lib Spuf Simple way to add/delete directories in @INC  
sigtrap Spuf For trapping an abort and giving a traceback  
strict Spuf Controls averments (similar to pragmas)  
subs Spuf use subs qw(x y); is short for sub x; sub y;  
vars Spuf predeclare variable names