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NAME

Perinci::CmdLine::Help - Generate help message for Perinci::CmdLine-based app

VERSION

This document describes version 0.11 of Perinci::CmdLine::Help (from Perl distribution Perinci-CmdLine-Help), released on 2016-09-28.

DESCRIPTION

Currently used by Perinci::CmdLine::Lite and App::riap. Eventually I want Perinci::CmdLine to use this also (needs prettier and more sophisticated formatting options first though).

FUNCTIONS

gen_help(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Generate help message for Perinci::CmdLine-based app.

This function is not exported by default, but exportable.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • common_opts => hash (default: {})

  • meta* => hash

    Function metadata, must be normalized.

  • per_arg_json => bool

  • per_arg_yaml => bool

  • program_name* => str

  • program_summary => str

  • subcommands => hash

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Perinci-CmdLine-Help.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Perinci-CmdLine-Help.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Perinci-CmdLine-Help

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2016 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.