---
name: "Module::Install::AuthorTests"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmodule-install-authortests-perl"
version: "0.002-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Module::Install::AuthorTests"
---

# Module::Install::AuthorTests(3pm)

designate tests only run by module authors

## NAME

Module::Install::AuthorTests - designate tests only run by module authors

## VERSION

0\.002

## COMMANDS

This plugin adds the following Module::Install commands:

### author\_tests

```
  author_tests('xt');
```

This declares that the test files found in the directory *./xt* should be run only if the module is being built by an author.  For an explanation, see below.

You may declare multiple test directories by passing a list of tests.  Since tests are not recursive by default, it should be safe to use a subdirectory of *./t* for author tests, like:

```
  author_tests('t/author');
```

### recursive\_author\_tests

```
  recursive_author_tests('xt');
```

This acts like `"author_tests"`, but will look for tests in directories below *./xt* as well as in the directory itself.

## HOW IT WORKS

"Is this being run by an author?" is determined internally by Module::Install, but at the time of the writing of this version it's determined by the existence of a directory called *.author* in *./inc*.  (On VMS, it's *\_author*.)  This directory is created when Module::Install's *Makefile.PL* is run in a directory where no *./inc* directory exists.

## BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at \<http://rt.cpan.org\>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2008, Ricardo SIGNES.  This program is free software;  you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.