Pod::Tree::PerlBin(3pm) 				User Contributed Perl Documentation				   Pod::Tree::PerlBin(3pm)

NAME

       Pod::Tree::PerlBin - translate program PODs to HTML

SYNOPSIS

	 $perl_map = new Pod::Tree::PerlMap;
	 $perl_bin = new Pod::Tree::PerlBin $perl_dir, $HTML_dir, $perl_map, %opts;

	 $perl_bin->scan(@path);
	 $perl_bin->index;
	 $perl_bin->translate;

	 $top = $perl_bin->get_top_entry;

DESCRIPTION

       "Pod::Tree::PerlBin" translates program PODs to HTML.

       It searches for programs in a list of directories (typically a PATH), and searches for PODs withing the programs.  Only text (-T) files are
       considered.

       "Pod::Tree::PerlBin" generates a top-level index of all the program PODs, and writes it to HTML_dir"/bin.html".

       "Pod::Tree::PerlBin" generates and uses an index of the PODs that it finds to construct HTML links.  Other modules can also use this index.

METHODS

       $perl_bin = "new" "Pod::Tree::PerlBin" $perl_dir, $HTML_dir, $perl_map, %options
	   Creates and returns a new "Pod::Tree::PerlBin" object.

	   $HTML_dir is the directory where HTML files will be written.

	   $perl_map maps program names to URLs.

	   %options are passed through to "Pod::Tree::HTML".

	   The $perl_dir argument is included for consistency with the other "Pod::Tree::Perl*" modules, but is currently unused.

       $perl_bin->"scan"(@path)
	   Scans all the directories in @path for program PODs.  Only text (-T) files are considered.  The search does not recurse through
	   subdirectories.

	   Each POD that is located is entered into $perl_map.

       $perl_bin->"index"
	   Generates a top-level index of all the program PODs, and writes it to HTML_dir"/bin.html".

       $perl_bin->"translate"
	   Translates each program POD found by "scan" to HTML.  The HTML pages are written to HTML_dir.

       $perl_bin->"get_top_entry"
	   Returns a hash reference of the form

	     { URL	   => $URL,
	       description => $description }

	   "Pod::Tree::PerlTop" uses this to build a top-level index of all the Perl PODs.

LINKING

       "Pod::Tree::PerlBin" expects the second paragraph of the POD to have the form

	   name - description

       and enters name into $perl_map.	To link to a program POD from another POD, write

	   L<name>

REQUIRES

	   5.005
	   File::Find
	   HTML::Stream
	   Pod::Tree
	   Pod::Tree::HTML
	   Pod::Tree::PerlUtil

EXPORTS

       Nothing.

SEE ALSO

       "Pod::Tree::HTML", "Pod::Tree::PerlMap",

AUTHOR

       Steven McDougall, swmcd@world.std.com

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2000 by Steven McDougall.	This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       Perl.

perl v5.10.1							    2006-04-17						   Pod::Tree::PerlBin(3pm)