---
name: "ExtUtils::Helpers"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-extutils-helpers"
version: "0.028-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ExtUtils::Helpers"
---

# ExtUtils::Helpers(3pm)

Various portability utilities for module builders

## NAME

ExtUtils::Helpers - Various portability utilities for module builders

## VERSION

version 0.028

## SYNOPSIS

```
 use ExtUtils::Helpers qw/make_executable split_like_shell/;
 unshift @ARGV, split_like_shell($ENV{PROGRAM_OPTS});
 write_script_to('Build');
 make_executable('Build');
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module provides various portable helper functions for module building modules.

## FUNCTIONS

### make\_executable($filename)

This makes a perl script executable.

### split\_like\_shell($string)

This function splits a string the same way as the local platform does.

### detildefy($path)

This function substitutes a tilde at the start of a path with the users homedir in an appropriate manner.

### man1\_pagename($filename, $ext = $Config{man1ext})

Returns the man page filename for a script.

### man3\_pagename($filename, $basedir = 'lib', $ext = $Config{man3ext})

Returns the man page filename for a Perl library.

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Olivier Mengué and Christian Walde made `"make_executable"` work on Windows.

## AUTHORS

- •

  Ken Williams \<kwilliams@cpan.org\>

- •

  Leon Timmermans \<leont@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2004 by Ken Williams, Leon Timmermans.

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