File::Spec::VMS(3pm)					 Perl Programmers Reference Guide				      File::Spec::VMS(3pm)

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 specification, in order to avoid juxtaposing
	   two VMS-syntax directories when MM[SK] is run.  Also expands expressions which are all macro, so that we can tell how long the expan-
	   sion 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
	   directory 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 specification.	No check is made for
	   "impossible" cases (e.g. elements other than the first being absolute filespecs).

       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 directory: '[]'

       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 directory: '[-]'

       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 separators.

       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

perl v5.8.0							    2002-06-01						      File::Spec::VMS(3pm)