The Anatomy of a PAR file - daviddelikat/par GitHub Wiki

The Anatomy of a PAR file

Modules can reside in several directories:

• / # casual packaging only
• /lib/ # standard location
• /arch/ # for creating from blib/
• /i386-freebsd/ # i.e. $Config{archname}
• /5.8.0/ # i.e. Perl version number
• /5.8.0/i386-freebsd/ # combination of the two above

Scripts are stored in one of the two locations:

• / # casual packaging only
• /script/ # standard location

Shared libraries may be architecture- or perl-version-specific:

• /shlib/(5.8.0/)?(i386-freebsd/)?

PAR files may recursively contain other PAR files:

• /par/(5.8.0/)?(i386-freebsd/)?