# NAME

File::ShareDir::Tarball - Deal transparently with shared files distributed as tarballs

# VERSION

version 0.3.0

# SYNOPSIS

```perl
use File::ShareDir::Tarball ':all';

# use exactly like File::ShareDir
$dir = dist_dir('File-ShareDir');
```

# DESCRIPTION

If the shared files of a distribution are contained in a
tarball (see [Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ShareDir::Tarball](https://metacpan.org/pod/Dist%3A%3AZilla%3A%3APlugin%3A%3AShareDir%3A%3ATarball) for
why you would want to do that), automatically
extract the archive in a temporary
directory and return the path to that directory. If called for a regular distribution without a bundle file
(`shared-files.tar.gz`), it'll return the original shared dir.
In other words,
from the consumer point of view, it'll behave just like [File::ShareDir](https://metacpan.org/pod/File%3A%3AShareDir).

# EXPORT TAGS

## :all

Exports `dist_dir()` and `dist_file()`.

# EXPORTABLE FUNCTIONS

## dist\_dir( $distribution )

Behaves just like `dist_dir()` from [File::ShareDir](https://metacpan.org/pod/File%3A%3AShareDir).

## dist\_file( $distribution, $file )

Behaves just like `dist_file()` from [File::ShareDir](https://metacpan.org/pod/File%3A%3AShareDir).

# SEE ALSO

- [Test::File::ShareDir](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test%3A%3AFile%3A%3AShareDir)

    To test or use a shared dir that is not deployed yet.

- [Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ShareDir::Tarball](https://metacpan.org/pod/Dist%3A%3AZilla%3A%3APlugin%3A%3AShareDir%3A%3ATarball)

    [Dist::Zilla](https://metacpan.org/pod/Dist%3A%3AZilla) plugin to create the tarball effortlessly.

- [Module::Build::CleanInstall](https://metacpan.org/pod/Module%3A%3ABuild%3A%3ACleanInstall)

    Provides an alternative to this module by subclassing [Module::Build](https://metacpan.org/pod/Module%3A%3ABuild) and,
    upon installation, remove the files from previous installations as given in
    the _packlist_.

# AUTHOR

Yanick Champoux <yanick@babyl.dyndns.org> [![endorse](http://api.coderwall.com/yanick/endorsecount.png)](http://coderwall.com/yanick)

# COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2026 by Yanick Champoux.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.