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.IX Title "CPAN::API::HOWTO 3perl"
.TH CPAN::API::HOWTO 3perl "2020-07-21" "perl v5.28.1" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
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.SH "NAME"
CPAN::API::HOWTO \- a recipe book for programming with CPAN.pm
.SH "RECIPES"
.IX Header "RECIPES"
All of these recipes assume that you have put \*(L"use \s-1CPAN\*(R"\s0 at the top of
your program.
.SS "What distribution contains a particular module?"
.IX Subsection "What distribution contains a particular module?"
.Vb 3
\&    my $distribution = CPAN::Shell\->expand(
\&        "Module", "Data::UUID"
\&    )\->distribution()\->pretty_id();
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This returns a string of the form \*(L"\s-1AUTHORID/TARBALL\*(R".\s0  If you want the
full path and filename to this distribution on a \s-1CPAN\s0 mirror, then it is
\&\f(CW\*(C`.../authors/id/A/AU/AUTHORID/TARBALL\*(C'\fR.
.SS "What modules does a particular distribution contain?"
.IX Subsection "What modules does a particular distribution contain?"
.Vb 4
\&    CPAN::Index\->reload();
\&    my @modules = CPAN::Shell\->expand(
\&        "Distribution", "JHI/Graph\-0.83.tar.gz"
\&    )\->containsmods();
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You may also refer to a distribution in the form A/AU/AUTHORID/TARBALL.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
the main \s-1CPAN\s0.pm documentation
.SH "LICENSE"
.IX Header "LICENSE"
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
.PP
See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
David Cantrell