Re: File access feature with NL: - is this a VMS bug?

[Ed James, 410-295-1919, [EMAIL PROTECTED]]

"BAZLEY, Sebastian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on
Thu, 24 May 2001 11:57:40 +0100 in
<FB30E6123B22D211B52800A0C9CFBB1901C7A5FC@LONES2>:

> Just noticed (Perl 5.005_3 PCSI kit) that
> 
> -e "NL:" and -z "NL:" are true, however
> 
> -r "NL:" is false, as is -w "NL:"
> 
> though NL: is both writable and readable ...
> 
> The equivalent on WinNT (NUL) and OSF1 (/dev/null) return TRUE for -e, -r,
> -z, and -w, as I would expect.
> 
> I think that it would be better to agree with the other OSes.
> 
> What do others think?

It should be the same on all OSes.

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