Getopt::Long::Descriptive::Usage(3pm)

NAME
Getopt::Long::Descriptive::Usage - the usage description for GLD

VERSION
version 0.117

SYNOPSIS
  use Getopt::Long::Descriptive;
  my ($opt, $usage) = describe_options( ... );

  $usage->text; # complete usage message

  $usage->die;  # die with usage message

DESCRIPTION
This document only describes the methods of the Usage object. For information on how to use Getopt::Long::Descriptive, consult its documentation.

PERL VERSION
This library should run on perls released even a long time ago. It should work on any version of perl released in the last five years.

Although it may work on older versions of perl, no guarantee is made that the minimum required version will not be increased. The version may be increased for any reason, and there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl.

METHODS

  new
  my $usage = Getopt::Long::Descriptive::Usage->new(\%arg);

You really don't need to call this. GLD will do it for you.

Valid arguments are:

  options     - an arrayref of options
  leader_text - the text that leads the usage; this may go away!

  text
This returns the full text of the usage message.

  leader_text
This returns the text that comes at the beginning of the usage message.

  option_text
This returns the text describing the available options.

  warn
This warns with the usage message.

  die
This throws the usage message as an exception.

  $usage_obj->die(\%arg);

Some arguments can be provided

  pre_text  - text to be prepended to the usage message
  post_text - text to be appended to the usage message

The "pre_text" and "post_text" arguments are concatenated with the usage message with no line breaks, so supply this if you need them.

AUTHORS

•   Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org>

•   Ricardo Signes <cpan@semiotic.systems>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2005 by Hans Dieter Pearcey.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.