PL2PM(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PL2PM(1) NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE pl2pm - Rough tool to translate Perl4 .pl files to Perl5 .pm modules. SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS ppppllll2222ppppmmmm _f_i_l_e_s DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN ppppllll2222ppppmmmm is a tool to aid in the conversion of Perl4-style .pl library files to Perl5-style library modules. Usually, your old .pl file will still work fine and you should only use this tool if you plan to update your library to use some of the newer Perl 5 features, such as AutoLoading. LLLLIIIIMMMMIIIITTTTAAAATTTTIIIIOOOONNNNSSSS It's just a first step, but it's usually a good first step. AAAAUUUUTTTTHHHHOOOORRRR Larry Wall 13/Jul/1999 perl 5.005, patch 03 1