Add automated tests via TravisCI and AppVeyor.

Prep for a trial release by setting the version accordingly.

.appveyor.cmd

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+@echo off
+call :%*
+goto :eof
+
+:perl_setup
+if not defined perl_type set perl_type=system
+if "%perl_type%" == "cygwin" (
+  start /wait c:\cygwin\setup-x86.exe -q -g -P perl -P binutils -P make -P gcc -P gcc-core -P gcc-g++ -P make -P pkg-config -P libcrypt-devel -P openssl-devel -P autoconf -P automake -P m4 -P libtool -P curl
+  set "PATH=C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin;C:\cygwin\bin;%PATH%"
+) else if "%perl_type%" == "strawberry" (
+  if not defined perl_version (
+    cinst -y StrawberryPerl
+  ) else (
+    cinst -y StrawberryPerl --version %perl_version%
+  )
+  if errorlevel 1 (
+    type C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs\chocolatey.log
+    exit /b 1
+  )
+  set "PATH=C:\Strawberry\perl\site\bin;C:\Strawberry\perl\bin;C:\Strawberry\c\bin;%PATH%"
+) else if "%perl_type%" == "activestate" (
+  start /wait ppm install dmake MinGW
+) else (
+  echo.Unknown perl type "%perl_type%"! 1>&2
+  exit /b 1
+)
+for /f "usebackq delims=" %%d in (`perl -MConfig -e"print $Config{make}"`) do set "make=%%d"
+set "perl=perl"
+set "cpanm=call .appveyor.cmd cpanm"
+set "cpan=%perl% -S cpan"
+set TAR_OPTIONS=--warning=no-unknown-keyword
+goto :eof
+
+:cpanm
+%perl% -S cpanm >NUL 2>&1
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 (
+  curl -V >NUL 2>&1
+  if ERRORLEVEL 1 cinst -y curl
+  curl -k -L https://cpanmin.us/ -o "%TEMP%\cpanm"
+  %perl% "%TEMP%\cpanm" -n App::cpanminus
+)
+set "cpanm=%perl% -S cpanm"
+%cpanm% %*
+goto :eof
+
+:local_lib
+if "%perl_type%" == "cygwin" goto :local_lib_cygwin
+%perl% -Ilib -Mlocal::lib=--shelltype=cmd %* > %TEMP%\local-lib.bat
+call %TEMP%\local-lib.bat
+del %TEMP%\local-lib.bat
+goto :eof
+
+:local_lib_cygwin
+for /f "usebackq delims=" %%d in (`sh -c "cygpath -w $HOME/perl5"`) do (
+  c:\perl\bin\perl.exe -Ilib -Mlocal::lib - %%d --shelltype=cmd > "%TEMP%\local-lib.bat"
+)
+setlocal
+  call "%TEMP%\local-lib.bat"
+endlocal & set "PATH=%PATH%"
+set "PATH_BACK=%PATH%"
+%perl% -Ilib -Mlocal::lib - --shelltype=cmd > "%TEMP%\local-lib.bat"
+call "%TEMP%\local-lib.bat"
+set "PATH=%PATH_BACK%"
+del "%TEMP%\local-lib.bat"
+goto :eof
+
+:eof

.appveyor.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+
+version: '{build}'
+shallow_clone: true
+
+matrix:
+  fast_finish: true
+
+environment:
+  matrix:
+    - perl_type: strawberry
+      perl_version: 5.28.0.1
+    - perl_type: strawberry
+      perl_version: 5.26.1.1
+    - perl_type: strawberry
+      perl_version: 5.24.3.1
+    - perl_type: strawberry
+      perl_version: 5.22.3.1
+    - perl_type: strawberry
+      perl_version: 5.20.3.3
+    - perl_type: strawberry
+      perl_version: 5.18.4.1
+    - perl_type: strawberry
+      perl_version: 5.16.3.20170202
+    - perl_type: strawberry
+      perl_version: 5.14.4.1
+
+install:
+  - 'call .appveyor.cmd perl_setup'
+  - '%perl% -V'
+  - '%cpanm% -n IO::Socket::SSL LWP::Protocol::https HTTP::Tiny'
+  - '%cpanm% --installdeps -n .'
+
+build: off
+
+test_script:
+  - '%cpanm% --test-only -v .'

.travis.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+addons:
+  apt:
+    packages:
+      - aspell
+      - aspell-en
+language: perl
+perl:
+  - "blead"
+  - "blead-thr"
+  - "5.28"
+  - "5.28-thr"
+  - "5.26"
+  - "5.26-thr"
+  - "5.24"
+  - "5.24-thr"
+  - "5.22"
+  - "5.22-thr"
+  - "5.20"
+  - "5.20-thr"
+  - "5.18"
+  - "5.18-thr"
+  - "5.16"
+  - "5.16-thr"
+  - "5.14"
+  - "5.14-thr"
+  - "5.12"
+  - "5.12-thr"
+  - "5.10"
+  - "5.10-thr"
+  - "5.8"
+  - "5.8-thr"
+env:
+  - "HARNESS_OPTIONS=j9"
+before_install:
+  - git clone git://github.com/travis-perl/helpers ~/travis-perl-helpers
+  - source ~/travis-perl-helpers/init --always-upgrade-modules
+  - build-perl
+  - perl -V
+  - build-dist
+  - cd $BUILD_DIR
+install:
+  - cpan-install --deps
+script:
+  - perl Makefile.PL
+  - prove -lrb t/ xt/
+sudo: false
+notifications:
+  email: false

Changes

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Revision history File::Slurp
 
+9999.20_01     2018-09-27  (TRIAL)
 	- Fixed spelling mistakes in POD (RT #85251)
 	- Fixed a typo in an example (RTs #72116, #80279)
 	- Remove doc mentions of Perl < 5.006 as that's required.
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ Revision history File::Slurp
 	- Added more xt/author tests
 	- Fix all trailing whitespace in accordance with xt/author/eol.t
 	- Updated the Makefile.PL to get all of the prereqs in there.
+	- Add CI testing via TravisCI and AppVeyor
 
 9999.19	  Tue Jun  7 04:06:06 EDT 2011
 	- Fixed use line in t/edit_file.t to import :edit first

MANIFEST

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+.appveyor.cmd
+.appveyor.yml
 .mailmap
+.travis.yml
 Changes
 lib/File/Slurp.pm
 Makefile.PL

MANIFEST.SKIP

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ TODO
 Makefile$
 \.bak$
 ^extras/
+pm_to_blib

META.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,21 @@ abstract: 'Simple and Efficient Reading/Writing/Modifying of Complete Files'
 author:
   - 'Uri Guttman <[email protected]>'
 build_requires:
+  B: '0'
+  Carp: '0'
+  Exporter: '0'
   ExtUtils::MakeMaker: '0'
+  File::Spec: '0'
+  File::Temp: '0'
+  IO::Handle: '0'
+  POSIX: '0'
+  Scalar::Util: '0'
+  Socket: '0'
+  Symbol: '0'
+  Test::More: '0'
+  overload: '0'
+  strict: '0'
+  warnings: '0'
 configure_requires:
   ExtUtils::MakeMaker: '0'
 dynamic_config: 1
@@ -18,10 +32,13 @@ no_index:
     - t
     - inc
 requires:
+  B: '0'
   Carp: '0'
+  Errno: '0'
   Exporter: '0'
   Fcntl: '0'
   POSIX: '0'
-  perl: '5.004'
+  strict: '0'
+  warnings: '0'
 version: '9999.20'
 x_serialization_backend: 'CPAN::Meta::YAML version 0.018'

lib/File/Slurp.pm

@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@ package File::Slurp;
 use strict;
 use warnings ;
 
+our $VERSION = '9999.20_01';
+$VERSION = eval $VERSION;
+
 use Carp ;
 use Exporter ;
 use Fcntl qw( :DEFAULT ) ;
 use POSIX qw( :fcntl_h ) ;
 use Errno ;
 #use Symbol ;
 
-use vars qw( @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS $VERSION ) ;
+use vars qw( @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS  ) ;
 @ISA = qw( Exporter ) ;
 
-$VERSION = '9999.20';
-
 my @std_export = qw(
 	read_file
 	write_file