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Device::Blkid - Interface to libblkid
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WARNING: This module requires libblkid 2.16 or newer, i.e. a version that 
ships with util-linux-ng (in contrast to older library versions, which
were part of e2fsprogs).

libblkid is a Linux library that is able to probe devices for the file
systems on that devices and other information. Most file systems provide
a UUID, and possibly a label.

"Device::Blkid" closely resembles the native interface of libblkid. All 
functions provided by libblkid are available from Perl as well. Most
functions work exactly the same way, although a few have been slightly
modified to behave a little more "Perlish".


A complete API description is available in the module's perldoc
(perldoc Device::Blkid). Additionally, information about the module may 
be found on:

    RT, CPAN's request tracker
        http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Device-Blkid

    AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation
        http://annocpan.org/dist/Device-Blkid

    CPAN Ratings
        http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Device-Blkid

    Search CPAN
        http://search.cpan.org/dist/Device-Blkid/

Installation
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To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make install


You may test the package with "make test"; this will, however, only succeed
if run as root.

Copyright and licence
=====================

Copyright (C) 2009 Collax GmbH. All rights reserved.
(Bastian Friedrich <bastian.friedrich@collax.com> or <bastian@bastian-friedrich.de>)

Devel::CheckLib is Copyright 2007 David Cantrell. Portions copyright 2007
David Golden. This module is free-as-in-speech software, and may be used,
distributed, and modified under the same conditions as perl itself.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or,
at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.