use vars
qw(@ISA $VERSION);
require File::Spec::Unix;
@ISA = qw(File::Spec::Unix);
File::Spec::VMS - methods for VMS file specs
require File::Spec::VMS; # Done internally by File::Spec if needed
See File::Spec::Unix for a documentation of the methods provided
there. This package overrides the implementation of these methods, not
=item canonpath (override)
Removes redundant portions of file specifications according to VMS syntax.
if ($path =~ m
|/|) { # Fake Unix
my $pathify = $path =~ m
|/\Z
(?
!\n)|;
$path = $self->SUPER::canonpath
($path);
if ($pathify) { return vmspath
($path); }
else { return vmsify
($path); }
$path =~ tr/<>/[]/; # < and > ==> [ and ]
$path =~ s/\]\[\./\.\]\[/g; # ][. ==> .][
$path =~ s/\[000000\.\]\[/\[/g; # [000000.][ ==> [
$path =~ s/\[000000\./\[/g; # [000000. ==> [
$path =~ s/\.\]\[000000\]/\]/g; # .][000000] ==> ]
$path =~ s/\.\]\[/\./g; # foo.][bar ==> foo.bar
1 while ($path =~ s/([\[\.])(-+)\.(-+)([\.\]])/$1$2$3$4/);
# That loop does the following
# with any amount of dashes:
1 while ($path =~ s/([\[\.])[^\]\.]+\.-(-+)([\]\.])/$1$2$3/);
# That loop does the following
# with any amount (minimum 2)
# And then, the remaining cases
$path =~ s/\[\.-/[-/; # [.- ==> [-
$path =~ s/\.[^\]\.]+\.-\./\./g; # .foo.-. ==> .
$path =~ s/\[[^\]\.]+\.-\./\[/g; # [foo.-. ==> [
$path =~ s/\.[^\]\.]+\.-\]/\]/g; # .foo.-] ==> ]
$path =~ s/\[[^\]\.]+\.-\]/\[000000\]/g;# [foo.-] ==> [000000]
$path =~ s/\[\]//; # [] ==>
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).
my $path = (@dirs == 1 ?
$dirs[0] : $self->catdir(@dirs));
my ($spath,$sdir) = ($path,$dir);
$spath =~ s/\.dir\Z(?!\n)//; $sdir =~ s/\.dir\Z(?!\n)//;
$sdir = $self->eliminate_macros($sdir) unless $sdir =~ /^[\w\-]+\Z(?!\n)/s;
$rslt = $self->fixpath($self->eliminate_macros($spath)."/$sdir",1);
# Special case for VMS absolute directory specs: these will have had device
# prepended during trip through Unix syntax in eliminate_macros(), since
# Unix syntax has no way to express "absolute from the top of this device's
if ($spath =~ /^[\[<][^.\-]/s) { $rslt =~ s/^[^\[<]+//s; }
if (not defined $dir or not length $dir) { $rslt = ''; }
elsif ($dir =~ /^\$\([^\)]+\)\Z(?!\n)/s) { $rslt = $dir; }
else { $rslt = vmspath
($dir); }
return $self->canonpath($rslt);
Concatenates a list of file specifications, and returns the result as a
VMS-syntax file specification.
my $file = $self->canonpath(pop @files);
@files = grep($_,@files);
my $path = (@files == 1 ?
$files[0] : $self->catdir(@files));
$spath =~ s/\.dir\Z(?!\n)//;
if ($spath =~ /^[^\)\]\/:>]+\
)\Z
(?
!\n)/s
&& basename
($file) eq $file) {
$rslt = $self->eliminate_macros($spath);
$rslt = vmsify
($rslt.($rslt ?
'/' : '').unixify
($file));
else { $rslt = (defined($file) && length($file)) ? vmsify
($file) : ''; }
return $self->canonpath($rslt);
Returns a string representation of the current directory: '[]'
Returns a string representation of the null device: '_NLA0:'
Returns a string representation of the root directory: 'SYS$DISK:[000000]'
return 'SYS$DISK:[000000]';
Returns a string representation of the first writable directory
from the following list or '' if none are writable:
Since perl 5.8.0, if running under taint mode, and if $ENV{TMPDIR}
is tainted, it is not used.
return $tmpdir if defined $tmpdir;
$tmpdir = $_[0]->_tmpdir( 'sys$scratch:', $ENV{TMPDIR
} );
Returns a string representation of the parent directory: '[-]'
=item case_tolerant (override)
VMS file specification syntax is case-tolerant.
Translate logical name DCL$PATH as a searchlist, rather than trying
to C<split> string value of C<$ENV{'PATH'}>.
while ($dir = $ENV{'DCL$PATH;' . $i++}) { push(@dirs,$dir); }
=item file_name_is_absolute (override)
Checks for VMS directory spec as well as Unix separators.
sub file_name_is_absolute
{
# If it's a logical name, expand it.
$file = $ENV{$file} while $file =~ /^[\w\$\-]+\Z(?!\n)/s && $ENV{$file};
return scalar($file =~ m!^/!s ||
$file =~ m![<\[][^.\-\]>]! ||
=item splitpath (override)
my($dev,$dir,$file) = ('','','');
vmsify
($path) =~ /(.+:)?([\[<].*[\]>])?(.*)/s;
return ($1 || '',$2 || '',$3);
=item splitdir (override)
Split dirspec using VMS syntax.
$dirspec =~ tr/<>/[]/; # < and > ==> [ and ]
$dirspec =~ s/\]\[\./\.\]\[/g; # ][. ==> .][
$dirspec =~ s/\[000000\.\]\[/\[/g; # [000000.][ ==> [
$dirspec =~ s/\[000000\./\[/g; # [000000. ==> [
$dirspec =~ s/\.\]\[000000\]/\]/g; # .][000000] ==> ]
$dirspec =~ s/\.\]\[/\./g; # foo.][bar ==> foo.bar
while ($dirspec =~ s/(^|[\[\<\.])\-(\-+)($|[\]\>\.])/$1-.$2$3/g) {}
# That loop does the following
# with any amount of dashes:
$dirspec = "[$dirspec]" unless $dirspec =~ /[\[<]/; # make legal
my(@dirs) = split('\.', vmspath
($dirspec));
$dirs[0] =~ s/^[\[<]//s; $dirs[-1] =~ s/[\]>]\Z(?!\n)//s;
Construct a complete filespec using VMS syntax
my($self,$dev,$dir,$file) = @_;
# We look for a volume in $dev, then in $dir, but not both
my ($dir_volume, $dir_dir, $dir_file) = $self->splitpath($dir);
$dev = $dir_volume unless length $dev;
$dir = length $dir_file ?
$self->catfile($dir_dir, $dir_file) : $dir_dir;
if ($dev =~ m
|^/+([^/]+)|) { $dev = "$1:"; }
else { $dev .= ':' unless $dev eq '' or $dev =~ /:\Z(?!\n)/; }
if (length($dev) or length($dir)) {
$dir = "[$dir]" unless $dir =~ /[\[<\/]/;
Use VMS syntax when converting filespecs.
return vmspath
(File
::Spec
::Unix
::abs2rel
( $self, @_ ))
$base = $self->_cwd() unless defined $base and length $base;
for ($path, $base) { $_ = $self->canonpath($_) }
# Are we even starting $path on the same (node::)device as $base? Note that
# logical paths or nodename differences may be on the "same device"
# but the comparison that ignores device differences so as to concatenate
# [---] up directory specs is not even a good idea in cases where there is
# a logical path difference between $path and $base nodename and/or device.
# Hence we fall back to returning the absolute $path spec
# if there is a case blind device (or node) difference of any sort
# and we do not even try to call $parse() or consult %ENV for $trnlnm()
# (this module needs to run on non VMS platforms after all).
my ($path_volume, $path_directories, $path_file) = $self->splitpath($path);
my ($base_volume, $base_directories, $base_file) = $self->splitpath($base);
return $path unless lc($path_volume) eq lc($base_volume);
for ($path, $base) { $_ = $self->rel2abs($_) }
# Now, remove all leading components that are the same
my @pathchunks = $self->splitdir( $path_directories );
unshift(@pathchunks,'000000') unless $pathchunks[0] eq '000000';
my @basechunks = $self->splitdir( $base_directories );
unshift(@basechunks,'000000') unless $basechunks[0] eq '000000';
lc( $pathchunks[0] ) eq lc( $basechunks[0] )
# @basechunks now contains the directories to climb out of,
# @pathchunks now has the directories to descend in to.
$path_directories = join '.', ('-' x
@basechunks, @pathchunks) ;
return $self->canonpath( $self->catpath( '', $path_directories, $path_file ) ) ;
Use VMS syntax when converting filespecs.
return undef unless defined $path;
$path = ( -d
$path || $path =~ m/\/\z
/ # educated guessing about
? vmspath
($path) # whether it's a directory
$base = vmspath
($base) if defined $base && $base =~ m/\//;
# Clean up and split up $path
if ( ! $self->file_name_is_absolute( $path ) ) {
# Figure out the effective $base and clean it up.
if ( !defined( $base ) || $base eq '' ) {
elsif ( ! $self->file_name_is_absolute( $base ) ) {
$base = $self->rel2abs( $base ) ;
$base = $self->canonpath( $base ) ;
my ( $path_directories, $path_file ) =
($self->splitpath( $path ))[1,2] ;
my ( $base_volume, $base_directories ) =
$self->splitpath( $base ) ;
$path_directories = '' if $path_directories eq '[]' ||
$path_directories eq '<>';
if ( $base_directories =~ m{[^.\]>]\Z(?!\n)} &&
$path_directories =~ m{^[^.\[<]}s
$base_directories = "$base_directories$sep$path_directories";
$base_directories =~ s{\.?[\]>][\[<]\.?}{.};
$path = $self->catpath( $base_volume, $base_directories, $path_file );
return $self->canonpath( $path ) ;
# eliminate_macros() and fixpath() are MakeMaker-specific methods
# which are used inside catfile() and catdir(). MakeMaker has its own
# copies as of 6.06_03 which are the canonical ones. We leave these
# here, in peace, so that File::Spec continues to work with MakeMakers
# Please consider these two methods deprecated. Do not patch them,
# patch the ones in ExtUtils::MM_VMS instead.
$self = {} unless ref $self;
return join ' ', map { $self->eliminate_macros($_) } split /\s+/, $path;
my($npath) = unixify
($path);
# perform m##g in scalar context so it acts as an iterator
while ($npath =~ m
#(.*?)\$\((\S+?)\)(.*)#gs) {
($head,$macro,$tail) = ($1,$2,$3);
if (ref $self->{$macro}) {
if (ref $self->{$macro} eq 'ARRAY') {
$macro = join ' ', @
{$self->{$macro}};
print "Note: can't expand macro \$($macro) containing ",ref($self->{$macro}),
"\n\t(using MMK-specific deferred substitutuon; MMS will break)\n";
else { ($macro = unixify
($self->{$macro})) =~ s
#/\Z(?!\n)##; }
$npath = "$head$macro$tail";
if ($complex) { $npath =~ s
#\cB(.*?)\cB#\${$1}#gs; }
# Deprecated. See the note above for eliminate_macros().
my($self,$path,$force_path) = @_;
$self = bless {} unless ref $self;
my($fixedpath,$prefix,$name);
map { $self->fixpath($_,$force_path) }
if ($path =~ m
#^\$\([^\)]+\)\Z(?!\n)#s || $path =~ m#[/:>\]]#) {
if ($force_path or $path =~ /(?:DIR\)|\])\Z(?!\n)/) {
$fixedpath = vmspath
($self->eliminate_macros($path));
$fixedpath = vmsify
($self->eliminate_macros($path));
elsif ((($prefix,$name) = ($path =~ m
#^\$\(([^\)]+)\)(.+)#s)) && $self->{$prefix}) {
my($vmspre) = $self->eliminate_macros("\$($prefix)");
# is it a dir or just a name?
$vmspre = ($vmspre =~ m
|/| or $prefix =~ /DIR\Z
(?
!\n)/) ? vmspath
($vmspre) : '';
$fixedpath = ($vmspre ?
$vmspre : $self->{$prefix}) . $name;
$fixedpath = vmspath
($fixedpath) if $force_path;
$fixedpath = vmspath
($fixedpath) if $force_path;
# No hints, so we try to guess
if (!defined($force_path) and $fixedpath !~ /[:>(.\]]/) {
$fixedpath = vmspath
($fixedpath) if -d
$fixedpath;
# Trim off root dirname if it's had other dirs inserted in front of it.
$fixedpath =~ s/\.000000([\]>])/$1/;
# Special case for VMS absolute directory specs: these will have had device
# prepended during trip through Unix syntax in eliminate_macros(), since
# Unix syntax has no way to express "absolute from the top of this device's
if ($path =~ /^[\[>][^.\-]/) { $fixedpath =~ s/^[^\[<]+//; }
Copyright (c) 2004 by the Perl 5 Porters. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
See L<File::Spec> and L<File::Spec::Unix>. This package overrides the
implementation of these methods, not the semantics.
An explanation of VMS file specs can be found at
L<"http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/731FINAL/4506/4506pro_014.html#apps_locating_naming_files">.