AppConfig::Std AppConfig::Std is a subclass of Andy Wardley's AppConfig module, to provide standard command-line arguments for tool scripts. AppConfig is a Perl5 module to handle global configuration variables for perl programs. AppConfig::Std provides the following switches: -help display a short help statement -doc display the full documentation (formatted pod) -version display the version of the script -verbose turn on verbose status/progress output -debug turn on debugging output The module is a subclass of AppConfig, and uses Brad Appleton's Pod::Usage module to implement the -help and -doc switches. To install this module, you should just have to run the following: % perl Makefile.PL % make % make test % make install I'd be happy to hear of any suggestions for improving this module. Neil Bowers