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  XML::Simple - Easy API to read/write XML (esp config files)


PREREQUISITES

  XML::Simple requires XML::Parser (if you're running ActivePerl, you'll
  already have this installed).

  The optional caching features of XML::Simple also require Storable.pm.


BUILDING/INSTALLING

  Once the archive is unpacked, use these commands:

      perl Makefile.PL
      make
      make test
      make install

  If for some reason, you can't run these commands, you can simple copy 
  the Simple.pm file to your lib/XML directory (where Parser.pm lives).

  If you want to test the module, but don't have 'make', try:

      perl maketest


STATUS

  This version (1.08) is the current stable release.  This version is
  believed to be thread-safe.

  Please send any feedback to the author: grantm@cpan.org


NEW IN THIS RELEASE

  This is a re-release of 1.06 (stable) with minor updates:
  - searchpath option now defaults to current directory if not set
  - fix to Storable test routine for test failures on Win32
  - removed obselete 'convert' script from distribution

  See 'Changes' for a detailed history.


COPYRIGHT

  Copyright 1999-2002 Grant McLean &lt;grantm@cpan.org&gt;

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

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