NAME
    Portable - Perl on a Stick (ALPHA)

SYNOPSIS
    Launch a script portably

      F:\anywhere\perl.exe -MPortable script.pl

    Have a script specifically request to run portably

      #!/usr/bin/perl
      use Portable;

DESCRIPTION
    THIS MODULE IS HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

    YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

    "Portable" is a term used for applications that are installed onto a
    portable storage device (most commonly a USB memory stick) rather than
    onto a single host.

    This technique has become very popular for Windows applications, as it
    allows a user to make use of their own software on typical publically
    accessible computers at libraries, hotels and internet cafes.

    Converting a Windows application into portable form has a specific set
    of challenges, as the application has no access to the Windows registry,
    no access to "My Documents" type directories, and does not exist at a
    reliable filesystem path (because the portable storage medium can be
    mounted at an arbitrary volume or filesystem location).

    Portable provides a methodology and implementation to support the
    creating of "Portable Perl" applications and distributions.

    While this will initially be focused on a Windows implementation,
    wherever possible the module will be built to be platform-agnostic in
    the hope that future versions can support other operating systems, or
    work across multiple operating systems.

    This module is not ready for public use. For now, see the code for more
    details on how it works...

SUPPORT
    Bugs should be reported via the CPAN bug tracker.

    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Portable>

    For other issues, or commercial support, contact the author.

AUTHOR
    Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

SEE ALSO
    <http://win32.perl.org/>

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright 2008 Adam Kennedy.

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

    The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
    with this module.

