CDDBScan is a simple interface to the online CDDB database (via http). This module was written out of need, it's my first module and I'm easily not an expert perl developer. The basic idea is that you have one or more files (mp3?) for which you don't know the artist, albums or other songs on the album. This module can be used to determine these things. FUTURE WORK AVAILABILITY The latest version of CDDBScan is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). To find a CPAN site near you see: http://www.perl.com/CPAN ^ no slash here !! INSTALLATION In order to use this package you will need Perl version 5.002 or better. You install CDDBScan, as you would install any perl module library, by running these commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install If you want to install a private copy of CDDBScan in your home directory, then you should try to produce the initial Makefile with something like this command: perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/perl The Makefile.PL program will start out by checking your perl installation for a few packages that are recommended to be installed together with CDDBScan. These packages should be available on CPAN (described above). DOCUMENTATION See ChangeLog for recent changes. POD style documentation is included in all modules and scripts. These are normally converted to manual pages and installed as part of the "make install" process. You should also be able to use the 'perldoc' utility to extract documentation from the module files directly. SUPPORT Bug reports and suggestions for improvements can be sendt to me at . This module has an option to output a debug transcript to STDERR. When reporting bugs/problems please, if possible, include a transcript of a run. COPYRIGHT © 1998-2000 David Shultz. All rights reserved. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. Share and Enjoy! POSTFACE My thanks go out to Graham Barr who's installation and configure files I shamelessly copied and edited for this package. My personal note to Mr. Barr: Your an inspuration me and those with whom I've worked. As we say; "Your the shit".