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     Note that this, however:

       use IO::Null;
       $^W = 1;
       my $fh = IO::Null->new;
       $fh->print("Lalalalala!\n");  # does nothing.
       $fh->close();

     emits no warnings.

     * I don't know if you can successfully untaint a null
     filehandle.

     * This:

       $null_fh->fileno

     will return a defined and nonzero number, but one you're not
     likely to want to use for anything.  See the source.

     * These docs are longer than the source itself.  Read the
     source!

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (c) 2000 Sean M. Burke. All rights reserved.

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

AUTHOR
     Sean M. Burke sburke@cpan.org

[end POD excerpt]


PREREQUISITES

This suite requires Perl 5; I've only used it under Perl 5.004, so for
anything lower, you're on your own.

IO::Null doesn't use any nonstandard modules.


INSTALLATION

You install IO::Null, as you would install any perl module
library, by running these commands:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

If you want to install a private copy of IO::Null in your home
directory, then you should try to produce the initial Makefile with
something like this command:

  perl Makefile.PL LIB=~/perl

Then you may need something like
  setenv PERLLIB "$HOME/perl"
in your shell initialization file (e.g., ~/.cshrc).


DOCUMENTATION

POD-format documentation is included in Null.pm.  POD is readable
with the 'perldoc' utility.  See ChangeLog for recent changes.


MACPERL INSTALLATION NOTES

Don't bother with the makefiles.  Just make an IO directory in your
MacPerl site_lib or lib directory, and move Null.pm into there.


SUPPORT

Questions, bug reports, useful code bits, and suggestions for
IO::Null should just be sent to me at sburke@cpan.org


AVAILABILITY

The latest version of IO::Null is available from the
Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN).  Visit
<http://www.perl.com/CPAN/> to find a CPAN site near you.