Adam Kennedy wrote:
Hi guys
I've just (hand) merged the previously reported patch to add VMS support
to Module::Install, and I've got a few questions.
Most of the items were ok, but I have a question regarding
.author->_author.
Lets assume for the moment I'm not changing the default filename for now
(mainly because I don't actually understand what it does yet) can
someone tell me what is the VMS equivalent of:
-d 'inc/.author'
Is that to a configure parameter or as a parameter to a Perl program?
VMS will interpret 'inc/.author' as is in several ways.
If a logical name 'INC' exists, and no special features in the C library
enabled, VMS will interpret it as 'inc:.author;'.
A logical name in VMS is used pretty much the same way a symbolic link
is used in UNIX, except that logical names can be restricted in scope
and sometimes locally overridden, and a logical name for a path can
refer to multiple paths to be searched by the file system transparent to
the application.
If the above logical name does not exist, VMS will interpret it as
'[.inc].author;'
As long as there is not multiple dots in a name or other punctuation
besides '-_' in it, VMS should handle the UNIX syntax just fine, except
when issuing a shell command that expects VMS syntax.
On VAX or ODS-2 on Alpha, directory names can not have a leading "." or
"-" character in their names, and support by Perl for that on ODS-5 on
Alpha and Integrity is not yet complete in blead.
Be aware though that the leading "." has no special meaning in VMS on
a filename, if the intent is to make this a "hidden" file.
With that answered, I'll stamp a tentative "VMS compatible, maybe" on it
for the next release (0.58) and then get you guys to try it out.
-John
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