Please see MySQL::Backup thread in module-authors mailing list at perl.org . I just copied everything from my MySQL::Backup project into this namespace as a result of that discussion. I'll be breaking out the backup management and mysql specific parts and getting this dist passing basic tests again ASAP. DBA-Backup-MySQL version 0.01 ============================= 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 To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DEPENDENCIES This module requires these other modules and libraries: blah blah blah COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Put the correct copyright and licence information here. Copyright (C) 2004 by Sean Quinlan This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.3 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.