PerlDAV -- A WebDAV client library for Perl5
    PerlDAV is a Perl library for modifying content on webservers using the
    WebDAV protocol. Now you can LOCK, DELETE and PUT files and much more on
    a DAV-enabled webserver.

    The PerlDAV library consists of:

    *   HTTP::DAV - an object-oriented Web-DAV client API.

    *   dave - the DAV Explorer, an end-user Unix console program for
        interacting with WebDAV servers. dave looks and feels like a
        standard Unix ftp program.

    Learn more about WebDAV at http://www.webdav.org/

LATEST VERSION AND WHAT'S NEW
    The latest version is: v0.23 (released 2001/09/07 17:22:11)

    Download: http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/P/PC/PCOLLINS/

  What's New for v0.23:

    *   file globbing for get and put

        HTTP::DAV::get() and HTTP::DAV::put() now supports file globs. This
        functionality also propagates to dave. This allows you to do the
        following:

         dav> put /tmp/index*.html
         dav> get index[12].htm? /tmp

         ?,* and sets ([]) are supported. See the docs for details.

        HTTP::DAV now requires the Perl module File::Glob which comes
        bundled with perl5.6 and later.

    *   bug fix in -overwrite flag in HTTP::DAV::copy/move.

  What's New for v0.22:

    *   dave -- the new command line client

        I wrote dave (the DAV Explorer) because I needed an end-user
        application that allowed me to "feel" how well the HTTP::DAV API was
        performing. dave is quite similar to Joe Orton's C-based DAV client
        called cadaver (yes, imitation is the best form of flattery).

    *   A new and simpler API

        This new API is accessed directly through the HTTP::DAV module and
        is based on the core API written in previous releases.

    *   new methods

        The new API now supports, proppatch, recursive get, recursive put
        and steal locks.

    *   A substantial core API overhaul

        Moving from v0.05 to v0.22 in one release might indicate the amount
        of work gone into this release.

    *   A new interoperability test suite

        is now included in PerlDAV. The test suite is built on top of the
        standard Perl Test::Harness modules. Still in development, the test
        suite is highlighting interoperability problems with DAV-servers a
        lot quicker than before. See the the test suite & interoperability
        entry elsewhere in this document section.

    See the Changes file for previous releases.

INSTALLING PERLDAV
    The lazy way to install PerlDAV:

       $ perl -MCPAN -e shell
       cpan> install HTTP::DAV

    Or the normal way:

    Retrieve the latest copy from CPAN:
    http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/P/PC/PCOLLINS/

       $ perl Makefile.PL # Creates the Makefile
       $ make             # Runs the makefile
       $ make test        # Optional (See Interopability below)
       $ make install     # Installs dave and HTTP::DAV

    With this method you will first have to install the pre-requisites: LWP
    and XML::DOM, see the what are the prerequisites? entry elsewhere in
    this document.

    When you install PerlDAV, the HTTP::DAV library will be installed to
    your Perl library location (usually /usr/local/lib/perl5)

    `dave' will be installed to /usr/local/bin. This suits most people but
    you can modify this by using the INSTALLBIN flag:

       $ perl Makefile.PL INSTALLBIN="/home/pcollins/bin"

  What Are The Prerequisites?

    *   LWP (Have not tested lower than v5.48)

    *   XML::DOM (Have not tested lower than v1.26)

    *   Perl5 (Have not tested lower than v5.005)

    To get the latest versions of these prerequisite modules you can simply
    type this at the command prompt:

       $ perl -MCPAN -e shell
       cpan> install LWP
       cpan> install XML::DOM

    or if you just 'install HTTP::DAV' the lovely CPAN module should just
    magically install all of the prerequisites for you.

  What Systems Does It Work With?

    HTTP::DAV and dave are pure perl so only needs Perl5.003 (or later). I
    have not ported it to Windows but would like somebody to have a shot at
    it (shouldn't be too hard. Honest).

WHERE ARE THE MANUALS?
    Once you've installed PerlDAV, you can type:

       $ perldoc HTTP::DAV
       $ perldoc dave

GETTING HELP
  The perldav mailing list

    There is a mailing list for PerlDAV for use by Developers and Users.
    Please see http://mailman.webdav.org/mailman/listinfo/perldav

THE TEST SUITE & INTEROPERABILITY
    You will notice that the standard `make test' command invokes a large
    set of test procedures, but most will be skipped. This standard test is
    sufficient to give you a good indication that PerlDAV has installed
    properly.

    If you'd like to see how well PerlDAV performs against a particular DAV
    server then you should set the URL (and username,password) in the test
    suite t/TestDetails.pm. Then you can run `make test' again and watch the
    test suite perform as many operations as the server supports. Please
    note that the test suite will perofrm well over 200 HTTP requests to
    your server.

    I have tested PerlDAV against IIS5, mod_dav and the Xythos WFS.

    At the moment the test suite is still in development so will probably
    fail one or more tests.

    The test suite is the best way to test interopability between PerlDAV
    and other servers. I'd really like help with testing PerlDAV's
    interoperability. So if one or more tests fail against your server
    please follow the following steps:

    *   Determine which test is failing.

    *   set DEBUG to on: edit the script and change HTTP::DAV::DebugLevel(0)
        to (3).

    *   Delete previous server output: rm /tmp/perldav_debug.txt

    *   Run that single test again:

        $make test TEST_FILES=t/thetest.t TEST_VERBOSE=1 > testoutput.log

    *   Then gzip and mail me both testoutput.log and /tmp/perldav_debug.txt
        with details of the test environment. (My email is at the bottom)

    Alternatively, you could have a shot at solving the bug yourself :)

BUGS and TODO
    The test suite isn't fully finished yet.

    See TODO for what is left to be done.

AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
    This module is Copyright (C) 2001 by

       Patrick Collins
       G03 Gloucester Place, Kensington
       Sydney, Australia

       mailto:pcollins@cpan.org
       Phone: +61 2 9663 4916

    All rights reserved.

    You may distribute this module under the terms of either the GNU General
    Public License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README
    file.

    $Id: README.pod,v 1.4 2001/09/03 20:13:13 pcollins Exp $

    ** This file was automatically generated from **
    ** doc/Changes.pod. To edit it, see there.    **

