CPAN::SQLite::Info(3)

NAME
CPAN::SQLite::Info - extract information from CPAN indices

VERSION
version 0.220

DESCRIPTION
This module extracts information from the CPAN indices $CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz and $CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz.

A "CPAN::SQLite::Info" object is created with

    my $info = CPAN::SQLite::Info->new(CPAN => $cpan);

where $cpan specifies the top-level CPAN directory underneath which the index files are found. Calling

    $info->fetch_info();

will result in the object being populated with 3 hash references:

•   "$info->{dists}"

    This contains information on distributions. Keys of this hash reference are the distribution names, with the associated value being a hash reference with keys of

    "dist_vers" - the version of the CPAN file
    "dist_file" - the CPAN filename
    "cpanid" - the CPAN author id
    "dist_abs" - a description, if available
    "modules" - specifies the modules present in the distribution:
          for my $module (keys %{$info->{$distname}->{modules}}) {
            print "Module: $module\n";
          }

•   "$info->{mods}"

    This contains information on modules. Keys of this hash reference are the module names, with the associated values being a hash reference with keys of

    "dist_name" - the distribution name containing the module
    "mod_vers" - the version
    "mod_abs" - a description, if available
•   "$info->{auths}"

    This contains information on CPAN authors. Keys of this hash reference are the CPAN ids, with the associated value being a hash reference with keys of

    "fullname" - the author's full name
    "email" - the author's email address

SEE ALSO
CPAN::SQLite::Index