file::spec::vms(3)
NAME
File::Spec::VMS - methods for VMS file specs
SYNOPSIS
require File::Spec::VMS; # Done internally by File::Spec if needed
DESCRIPTION
See File::Spec::Unix for a documentation of the methods
provided there. This package overrides the implementation
of these methods, not the semantics.
- eliminate_macros
- Expands MM[KS]/Make macros in a text string, using the
contents of identically named elements of %$self, and
returns the result as a file specification in Unix
syntax. - fixpath
- Catchall routine to clean up problem MM[SK]/Make
macros. Expands macros in any directory specifica
tion, in order to avoid juxtaposing two VMS-syntax
directories when MM[SK] is run. Also expands expres
sions which are all macro, so that we can tell how
long the expansion is, and avoid overrunning DCL's
command buffer when MM[KS] is running. - If optional second argument has a TRUE value, then the
return string is a VMS-syntax directory specification,
if it is FALSE, the return string is a VMS-syntax file
specification, and if it is not specified, fixpath() checks to see whether it matches the name of a direc
tory in the current default directory, and returns a
directory or file specification accordingly. - Methods always loaded
- canonpath (override)
- Removes redundant portions of file specifications
according to VMS syntax. - catdir
- Concatenates a list of file specifications, and
returns the result as a VMS-syntax directory specifi
cation. No check is made for "impossible" cases (e.g.
elements other than the first being absolute file
specs). - catfile
- Concatenates a list of file specifications, and
returns the result as a VMS-syntax file specification. - curdir (override)
- Returns a string representation of the current direc
tory: '[]' - devnull (override)
- Returns a string representation of the null device:
'_NLA0:' - rootdir (override)
- Returns a string representation of the root directory:
'SYS$DISK:[000000]' - tmpdir (override)
- Returns a string representation of the first writable
directory from the following list or '' if none are
writable:
sys$scratch:
$ENV{TMPDIR} - Since perl 5.8.0, if running under taint mode, and if
$ENV{TMPDIR} is tainted, it is not used. - updir (override)
- Returns a string representation of the parent direc
tory: '[-]' - case_tolerant (override)
- VMS file specification syntax is case-tolerant.
- path (override)
- Translate logical name DCL$PATH as a searchlist,
rather than trying to "split" string value of
$ENV{'PATH'}. - file_name_is_absolute (override)
- Checks for VMS directory spec as well as Unix separa
tors. - splitpath (override)
- Splits using VMS syntax.
- splitdir (override)
- Split dirspec using VMS syntax.
- catpath (override)
- Construct a complete filespec using VMS syntax
- abs2rel (override)
- Use VMS syntax when converting filespecs.
- rel2abs (override)
- Use VMS syntax when converting filespecs.
SEE ALSO
- File::Spec