The README is used to introduce the module and provide instructions on how to install the module, any machine dependencies it may have (for example C compilers and installed libraries) and any other information that should be provided before the module is installed. A README file is required for CPAN modules since CPAN extracts the README file from a module distribution so that people browsing the archive can use it get an idea of the modules uses. It is usually a good idea to provide version information here so that people can decide whether fixes for the module are worth downloading. INSTALLATION SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc You can also look for information at: Search CPAN http://search.cpan.org/dist/ CPAN Request Tracker: http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist= AnnoCPAN, annotated CPAN documentation: http://annocpan.org/dist/ CPAN Ratings: http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/ COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) $Id: README 52 2009-01-06 03:22:31Z jaldhar $