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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 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
      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 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}

  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
  the File::Spec manpage

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