I agree it should match the other platforms.
PS: Thanks for the info - I now know how what the equivalent of '/dev/null'
is on VMS :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "BAZLEY, Sebastian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:57 AM
Subject: File access feature with NL: - is this a VMS bug?
> Just noticed (Perl 5.005_3 PCSI kit) that
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> -e "NL:" and -z "NL:" are true, however
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> -r "NL:" is false, as is -w "NL:"
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> though NL: is both writable and readable ...
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> The equivalent on WinNT (NUL) and OSF1 (/dev/null) return TRUE for -e, -r,
> -z, and -w, as I would expect.
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> I think that it would be better to agree with the other OSes.
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> What do others think?
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> Sebastian Bazley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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