NAME Module::Install::ReadmeFromPod - A Module::Install extension to automatically convert POD to a README SYNOPSIS # In Makefile.PL use inc::Module::Install; author 'Vestan Pants'; license 'perl'; readme_from 'lib/Some/Module.pm'; A "README" file will be generated from the POD of the indicated module file. DESCRIPTION Module::Install::ReadmeFromPod is a Module::Install extension that generates a "README" file automatically from an indicated file containing POD, whenever the author runs "Makefile.PL". COMMANDS This plugin adds the following Module::Install command: "readme_from" Does nothing on the user-side. On the author-side it will generate a "README" file using Pod::Text from the POD in the file passed as a parameter. readme_from 'lib/Some/Module.pm'; If a second parameter is set to a true value then the "README" will be removed at "make distclean". readme_from 'lib/Some/Module.pm' => 'clean'; AUTHOR Chris "BinGOs" Williams LICENSE Copyright © Chris Williams This module may be used, modified, and distributed under the same terms as Perl itself. Please see the license that came with your Perl distribution for details. SEE ALSO Module::Install Pod::Text