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NAME
       Test::Pod - check for POD errors in files

VERSION
       Version 1.26

SYNOPSIS
       "Test::Pod" lets you check the validity of a POD file, and report its results in standard
       "Test::Simple" fashion.

           use Test::Pod tests => $num_tests;
           pod_file_ok( $file, "Valid POD file" );

       Module authors can include the following in a t/pod.t file and have "Test::Pod" automati-
       cally find and check all POD files in a module distribution:

           use Test::More;
           eval "use Test::Pod 1.00";
           plan skip_all => "Test::Pod 1.00 required for testing POD" if $@;
           all_pod_files_ok();

       You can also specify a list of files to check, using the "all_pod_files()" function sup-
       plied:

           use strict;
           use Test::More;
           eval "use Test::Pod 1.00";
           plan skip_all => "Test::Pod 1.00 required for testing POD" if $@;
           my @poddirs = qw( blib script );
           all_pod_files_ok( all_pod_files( @poddirs ) );

       Or even (if you're running under Apache::Test):

           use strict;
           use Test::More;
           eval "use Test::Pod 1.00";
           plan skip_all => "Test::Pod 1.00 required for testing POD" if $@;

           my @poddirs = qw( blib script );
           use File::Spec::Functions qw( catdir updir );
           all_pod_files_ok(
               all_pod_files( map { catdir updir, $_ } @poddirs )
           );

DESCRIPTION
       Check POD files for errors or warnings in a test file, using "Pod::Simple" to do the heavy
       lifting.

FUNCTIONS
       pod_file_ok( FILENAME[, TESTNAME ] )

       "pod_file_ok()" will okay the test if the POD parses correctly.  Certain conditions are
       not reported yet, such as a file with no pod in it at all.

       When it fails, "pod_file_ok()" will show any pod checking errors as diagnostics.

       The optional second argument TESTNAME is the name of the test.  If it is omitted,
       "pod_file_ok()" chooses a default test name "POD test for FILENAME".

       all_pod_files_ok( [@files/@directories] )

       Checks all the files in @files for valid POD.  It runs all_pod_files() on each
       file/directory, and calls the "plan()" function for you (one test for each function), so
       you can't have already called "plan".

       If @files is empty or not passed, the function finds all POD files in the blib directory
       if it exists, or the lib directory if not.  A POD file is one that ends with .pod, .pl and
       .pm, or any file where the first line looks like a shebang line.

       If you're testing a module, just make a t/pod.t:

           use Test::More;
           eval "use Test::Pod 1.00";
           plan skip_all => "Test::Pod 1.00 required for testing POD" if $@;
           all_pod_files_ok();

       Returns true if all pod files are ok, or false if any fail.

       all_pod_files( [@dirs] )

       Returns a list of all the Perl files in $dir and in directories below.  If no directories
       are passed, it defaults to blib if blib exists, or else lib if not.  Skips any files in
       CVS or .svn directories.

       A Perl file is:

       * Any file that ends in .PL, .pl, .pm, .pod or .t.
       * Any file that has a first line with a shebang and "perl" on it.

       The order of the files returned is machine-dependent.  If you want them sorted, you'll
       have to sort them yourself.

TODO
       STUFF TO DO

       Note the changes that are being made.

       Note that you no longer can test for "no pod".

AUTHOR
       Currently maintained by Andy Lester, "".

       Originally by brian d foy.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       Thanks to David Wheeler and Peter Edwards for contributions and to "brian d foy" for the
       original code.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2006, Andy Lester, All Rights Reserved.

       You may use, modify, and distribute this package under the same terms as Perl itself.



perl v5.8.8                                 2006-07-19                                     Pod(3)