From: John E. Malmberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... > > > Unless VMS works completely differently to Unix-land, that isn't the > case. > > The code that is triggering the error is this: > > In this case it does. The input and output redirections on the command > line are handled by VMS specific code in the Perl binary, not by the > shell. There are probably other significant differences.
Aaah, ok. It's been a looooooong time since I used VMS. In fact the last time I used it Perl didn't exist! ... > >>> > >>> Is this the layout needed for running these tests when Compress::Zlib > >>> is in > >>> the core only? Is the use of blib still valid for the case when C::Z > is > >>> built on VMS away from the core? > >> > >> > >> That's possible, but blib should take care of that IIRC. (non-core > >> builds) > > > > > > I am kind of new at working on Perl if that was not obvious. > > > > From what I have seen of the other tests, the INC setting when running > > these tests is usually inherited from the parent, and I have seen the > > tests use a test when deciding to use blib or not. > > > > I did not know the correct fix, just what I needed to stop the script > > from failing so soon. The [-.lib] was the only place that I could find > > the modules. That is also the setting that was passed on the command > > line to 03examples.t. > > Is there really any reason that there is VMS specific code here? What happens if you remove it? Paul ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com