---
name: "CPAN::HandleConfig"
section: "3p"
platform: "openbsd"
package: "man"
version: "8.0-current-20261101"
release: "OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01)"
platforms: ["openbsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/CPAN::HandleConfig"
---

# CPAN::HandleConfig(3p)

internal configuration handling for CPAN.pm

## NAME

CPAN::HandleConfig - internal configuration handling for CPAN.pm

### "CLASS-\>safe\_quote ITEM"

Quotes an item to become safe against spaces in shell interpolation. An item is enclosed in double quotes if:

```
  - the item contains spaces in the middle
  - the item does not start with a quote
```

This happens to avoid shell interpolation problems when whitespace is present in directory names.

This method uses `"commands_quote"` to determine the correct quote. If `"commands_quote"` is a space, no quoting will take place.

if it starts and ends with the same quote character: leave it as it is

if it contains no whitespace: leave it as it is

if it contains whitespace, then

if it contains quotes: better leave it as it is

else: quote it with the correct quote type for the box we're on

## LICENSE

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