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.IX Title "ExtUtils::Miniperl 3perl"
.TH ExtUtils::Miniperl 3perl 2023-11-30 "perl v5.38.2" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
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.SH NAME
ExtUtils::Miniperl \- write the C code for miniperlmain.c and perlmain.c
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 6
\&    use ExtUtils::Miniperl;
\&    writemain(@directories);
\&    # or
\&    writemain($fh, @directories);
\&    # or
\&    writemain(\e$filename, @directories);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\f(CWwritemain()\fR takes an argument list of zero or more directories
containing archive
libraries that relate to perl modules and should be linked into a new
perl binary. It writes a corresponding \fIminiperlmain.c\fR or \fIperlmain.c\fR
file that
is a plain C file containing all the bootstrap code to make the
modules associated with the libraries available from within perl.
If the first argument to \f(CWwritemain()\fR is a reference to a scalar it is
used as the filename to open for output. Any other reference is used as
the filehandle to write to. Otherwise output defaults to \f(CW\*(C`STDOUT\*(C'\fR.
.PP
The typical usage is from within perl's own Makefile (to build
\&\fIperlmain.c\fR) or from \fIregen/miniperlmain.pl\fR (to build miniperlmain.c).
So under normal circumstances you won't have to deal with this module
directly.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
ExtUtils::MakeMaker