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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+  pmlnk -- Perl Module Link
+
+=cut
+
+use strict;
+
+package pmlnk;
+
+use Data::Dumper;
+$Data::Dumper::Indent= 1;
+
+__PACKAGE__->main() unless caller();
+
+sub main
+{
+  # print __LINE__, " caller: ", join(' ', caller()), "\n";
+
+  my @dirs= ();
+  my $target;
+  while (my $arg= shift (@ARGV))
+  {
+    # print __LINE__, " arg=[$arg]\n";
+
+       if ($arg eq '--') { push (@dirs, @ARGV); @ARGV= (); }
+    elsif ($arg =~ /^--(.+)/)
+    {
+      my ($opt, $val)= split ('=', $1, 2);
+      if ($opt eq 'help') { usage(); }
+      elsif ($opt eq 'target') { $target= shift(@ARGV); }
+      else { usage(); }
+    }
+    elsif ($arg =~ /^-(.+)/)
+    {
+      foreach my $opt (split ('', $1))
+      {
+           if ($opt eq 'h') { usage(); exit (0); }
+      # elsif ($opt eq 'x') { $x_flag= 1; }
+        else { usage(); }
+      }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      push (@dirs, $arg);
+    }
+  }
+
+  push (@dirs, '.') unless (@dirs);
+
+  my $pmlnk= pmlnk->new();
+
+  # print __LINE__, " dirs: ", join(' ', @dirs), "\n";
+  foreach my $dir (@dirs)
+  {
+    # print __LINE__, " dir=[$dir]\n";
+    my $pm_files= $pmlnk->find_modules($dir, 'pm');
+    # print __LINE__, " pm_files: ", join(' ', @$pm_files), "\n";
+    $pmlnk->check_module_list(@$pm_files);
+  }
+
+  if (defined ($target))
+  {
+    $pmlnk->make_links($target)
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    print __LINE__, " pmlnk: ", Dumper($pmlnk);
+  }
+}
+
+sub usage
+{
+  system ($0);
+}
+
+sub new
+{
+  my $class= shift;
+  my $self=
+  {
+    files => [],
+    modules => [],
+  };
+  bless $self, $class;
+}
+
+sub find_modules
+{
+  my $self= shift;
+  my $path= shift || '.';
+  my $extension= shift || 'pm';
+
+  my @dirs= ($path);
+  my $files= $self->{files};
+  my @new_files= ();
+  DIR: while (my $dir= shift (@dirs))
+  {
+    opendir(DIR, $dir) or die;
+    # print __LINE__, " reading dir [$dir]\n";
+
+    ENTRY: while (my $e= readdir(DIR))
+    {
+      next ENTRY if ($e eq '.' || $e eq '..');
+      next ENTRY if ($e eq '.git' || $e eq '.svn' || $e eq 'CVS');
+
+      my $fp= join('/', $dir, $e);
+      # print __LINE__, " e=[$e] fp=[$fp]\n";
+      # my @st= stat($fp);
+      if (-d $fp)
+      {
+        push(@dirs, $fp);
+      }
+      elsif (-f $fp)
+      {
+        my @e= split(/\./, $e);
+        my $ext= pop (@e);
+        # print __LINE__, " e=[$e] ext=[$ext]\n";
+        if ($ext eq $extension)
+        {
+          push (@$files, $fp);
+          push (@new_files, $fp);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    closedir(DIR);
+  }
+
+  (wantarray) ? @new_files : \@new_files;
+}
+
+sub check_module_list
+{
+  my $self= shift;
+  my @pm_files= @_;
+
+  my $modules= $self->{modules};
+  foreach my $pm_file (@pm_files)
+  {
+    my $info= $self->check_module ($pm_file);
+    # print __LINE__, " pm_file=[$pm_file] info: ", Dumper($info);
+    push (@$modules, $info);
+  }
+}
+
+sub check_module
+{
+  my $self= shift;
+  my $fnm= shift;
+
+  open (F, '<:utf8', $fnm) or die;
+  my @packages= ();
+  my @uses= ();
+  while (<F>)
+  {
+    chop;
+    push (@packages, $1) if (m#^\s*package\s*([\w\d:_]+)[\(\); ]#);
+    push (@uses, $1) if (m#^\s*use\s*([\w\d:_]+)[\(\); ]#);
+  }
+  close (F);
+
+  my $info=
+  {
+    filename => $fnm,
+    packages => \@packages,
+    uses => \@uses,
+  };
+
+  # find out, which package name matches filename
+  my @fnm= reverse split(/\//, $fnm);
+  foreach my $pkg (@packages)
+  {
+    next if ($pkg eq 'strict' || $pkg eq 'warnings');
+    my @pkg= reverse split('::', $pkg);
+    $pkg[0] .= '.pm';
+    # print __LINE__, " pkg=[$pkg] pkg-list: ", join(' ', @pkg), "\n";
+    my $match= 1;
+    M: for (my $i= 0; $i <= $#pkg; $i++) { if ($pkg[$i] ne $fnm[$i]) { $match= 0; last M; } }
+    if ($match)
+    {
+      # print __LINE__, " match: $fnm == $pkg\n";
+      $info->{matching_package_name}= $pkg;
+    }
+  }
+
+  $info;
+}
+
+sub make_links # or maybe copy the file?
+{
+  my $self= shift;
+  my $target= shift;
+
+  mk_dir($target);
+
+  my $modules= $self->{modules};
+  MODULE: foreach my $module (@$modules)
+  {
+    # print __LINE__, " module: ", Dumper($module);
+    my $pkg_name= $module->{matching_package_name};
+    unless ($pkg_name)
+    {
+      print "ATTN: no matching_package_name detected!\n";
+      print __LINE__, " module: ", Dumper($module);
+      next MODULE;
+    }
+
+    my @pkg_name= split('::', $pkg_name);
+    my $module_name= pop(@pkg_name);
+    my $t_path= $target;
+
+    while (my $t_dir= shift (@pkg_name))
+    {
+      $t_path .= '/'. $t_dir;
+      mk_dir($t_path);
+    }
+    $t_path .= '/'. $module_name . '.pm';
+    mk_link($module->{filename}, $t_path);
+  }
+}
+
+=head1 Internal Functions
+
+=head2 mkdir($path)
+
+=cut
+
+sub mk_dir
+{
+  my $path= shift;
+  unless (-d $path)
+  {
+    print "creating $path\n";
+    mkdir($path);
+  }
+}
+
+sub mk_link
+{
+  my $old= shift;
+  my $new= shift;
+
+  if (-l $new)
+  {
+    # print "symlink [$new] already exists, ignoring\n";
+  }
+  elsif (-f $new)
+  {
+    print "ATTN: symlink [$new] already exists as file!\n";
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    print "symlinking $new -> $old\n";
+    symlink($old, $new);
+  }
+}
+