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# File::Spec::VMS

- 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.

eliminate_macros
  Expands MM[KS]/Make macros in a text string, using the contents of identically named elements of `%$self`, and returns the result as a file specification in Unix syntax.
fixpath
  Catchall routine to clean up problem MM[SK]/Make macros. Expands macros in any directory specification, in order to avoid juxtaposing two VMS-syntax directories when MM[SK] is run. Also expands expressions which are all macro, so that we can tell how long the expansion is, and avoid overrunning DCL's command buffer when MM[KS] is running.

  If optional second argument has a TRUE value, then the return string is a VMS-syntax directory specification, if it is FALSE, the return string is a VMS-syntax file specification, and if it is not specified, fixpath() checks to see whether it matches the name of a directory in the current default directory, and returns a directory or file specification accordingly.

### Methods always loaded

canonpath (override)
  Removes redundant portions of file specifications according to VMS syntax.
catdir
  Concatenates a list of file specifications, and returns the result as a VMS-syntax directory specification. No check is made for "impossible" cases (e.g. elements other than the first being absolute filespecs).
catfile
  Concatenates a list of file specifications, and returns the result as a VMS-syntax file 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: '[-]'
case_tolerant (override)
  VMS file specification syntax is case-tolerant.
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.
splitpath (override)
  Splits using VMS syntax.
splitdir (override)
  Split dirspec using VMS syntax.
catpath (override)
  Construct a complete filespec using VMS syntax
abs2rel (override)
  Use VMS syntax when converting filespecs.
rel2abs (override)
  Use VMS syntax when converting filespecs.

## SEE ALSO

the File::Spec manpage

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