CONTENTS

• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
  • Methods always loaded
• SEE ALSO

#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.

#Methods always loaded

#catdir

Concatenates a list of file specifications, and returns the result as a VMS-syntax directory specification.

#catfile

Concatenates a list of file specifications, and returns the result as a VMS-syntax directory 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: '[-]'

#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.

#SEE ALSO

File::Spec

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