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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Running Terminal and/or X-Windows in Mac OS X Post 25070 by liquidcross on Wednesday 24th of July 2002 09:42:44 AM
Old 07-24-2002
Running Terminal and/or X-Windows in Mac OS X

Quick question:

When I load up Terminal or X-Windows on my Mac, and the prompt comes up...what folder am I starting in?
 

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CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::CustomSource(3)	User Contributed Perl Documentation	CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::CustomSource(3)

NAME
CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::CustomSource - add custom sources to CPANPLUS SYNOPSIS
### elaborate help text CPAN Terminal> /? cs ### add a new custom source CPAN Terminal> /cs --add file:///path/to/releases ### list all your custom sources by CPAN Terminal> /cs --list ### display the contents of a custom source by URI or ID CPAN Terminal> /cs --contents file:///path/to/releases CPAN Terminal> /cs --contents 1 ### Update a custom source by URI or ID CPAN Terminal> /cs --update file:///path/to/releases CPAN Terminal> /cs --update 1 ### Remove a custom source by URI or ID CPAN Terminal> /cs --remove file:///path/to/releases CPAN Terminal> /cs --remove 1 ### Write an index file for a custom source, to share ### with 3rd parties or remote users CPAN Terminal> /cs --write file:///path/to/releases ### Make sure to save your sources when adding/removing ### sources, so your changes are reflected in the cache: CPAN Terminal> x DESCRIPTION
This is a "CPANPLUS::Shell::Default" plugin that can add custom sources to your CPANPLUS installation. This is a wrapper around the "custom module sources" code as outlined in "CUSTOM MODULE SOURCES" in CPANPLUS::Backend. This allows you to extend your index of available modules beyond what's available on "CPAN" with your own local distributions, or ones offered by third parties. perl v5.16.3 2013-05-20 CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::CustomSource(3)
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