---
name: "Dist::Metadata::Dir"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libdist-metadata-perl"
version: "0.927-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Dist::Metadata::Dir"
---

# Dist::Metadata::Dir(3pm)

Enable Dist::Metadata for a directory

## NAME

Dist::Metadata::Dir - Enable Dist::Metadata for a directory

## VERSION

version 0.927

## SYNOPSIS

```
  my $dm = Dist::Metadata->new(dir => $path_to_dir);
```

## DESCRIPTION

This is a subclass of Dist::Metadata::Dist to enable getting the dists metadata from a directory.

This can be useful if you already have a dist extracted into a directory.

It's probably not very useful on it's own though, and should be used from "new" in Dist::Metadata.

## METHODS

### new

```
  $dist = Dist::Metadata::Struct->new(dir => $path);
```

Accepts a single 'dir' argument that should be a path to a directory.

### determine\_name\_and\_version

Attempts to parse name and version from directory name.

### dir

Returns the `"dir"` attribute specified in the constructor.

### file\_content

Returns the content for the specified file.

### find\_files

Returns a list of the file names beneath the directory (relative to the directory).

### physical\_directory

Returns the `"dir"` attribute since this is already a directory containing the desired files.

## AUTHOR

Randy Stauner \<rwstauner@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Randy Stauner.

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