---
name: "VCP::PodDESCRIPTIONParser"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libvcp-perl"
version: "0.9-20050110-1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/VCP::PodDESCRIPTIONParser"
---

# VCP::PodDESCRIPTIONParser(3pm)

Parse DESCRIPTION sections from a set of source files.

## NAME

VCP::PodDESCRIPTIONParser - Parse DESCRIPTION sections from a set of source files.

## SYNOPSIS

```
   use VCP::PodDESCRIPTIONParser;
   my $p = VCP::PodDESCRIPTIONParser->new;
   my $options_hash = $p->parse( @packages_or_filenames );
```

## DESCRIPTION

Returns a hash of all `"=item"`s found in all DESCRIPTION sections in the given filenames.  Warns if duplicate options are found.

ASSUMES ALL PACKAGES REFERRED TO ARE ALREADY LOADED.  `%INC` is used to locate their source code.

Converts packages (any string matching /\\w\[:\\w\]+/) to filenames.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000, Perforce Software, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

This module and the VCP package are licensed according to the terms given in the file LICENSE accompanying this distribution, a copy of which is included in vcp.

## AUTHOR

Barrie Slaymaker \<barries@slaysys.com\>