Anatomy of a PAR executable [ << Previous | Contents | Next >> ]
  • A PAR foo.exe is a zip file containing the following:
    • Manifest
    • META.yml
    • lib/*    Modules
    • script/foo.pl    The main script foo.pl
    • script/main.pl    The bootstrap script
    • Any other files we might want to put there
  • Not perl itself. This is contained in the .exe header part of the zip