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1 | # VMS::Stdio - VMS extensions to Perl's stdio calls |
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2 | # |
3 | # Author: Charles Bailey bailey@genetics.upenn.edu |
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4 | # Version: 2.02 |
5 | # Revised: 15-Feb-1997 |
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6 | |
7 | package VMS::Stdio; |
8 | |
9 | require 5.002; |
10 | use vars qw( $VERSION @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS @ISA ); |
11 | use Carp '&croak'; |
12 | use DynaLoader (); |
13 | use Exporter (); |
14 | |
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15 | $VERSION = '2.02'; |
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16 | @ISA = qw( Exporter DynaLoader IO::File ); |
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17 | @EXPORT = qw( &O_APPEND &O_CREAT &O_EXCL &O_NDELAY &O_NOWAIT |
18 | &O_RDONLY &O_RDWR &O_TRUNC &O_WRONLY ); |
19 | @EXPORT_OK = qw( &flush &getname &remove &rewind &sync &tmpnam |
20 | &vmsopen &vmssysopen &waitfh ); |
21 | %EXPORT_TAGS = ( CONSTANTS => [ qw( &O_APPEND &O_CREAT &O_EXCL &O_NDELAY |
22 | &O_NOWAIT &O_RDONLY &O_RDWR &O_TRUNC |
23 | &O_WRONLY ) ], |
24 | FUNCTIONS => [ qw( &flush &getname &remove &rewind &sync |
25 | &tmpnam &vmsopen &vmssysopen &waitfh ) ] ); |
26 | |
27 | bootstrap VMS::Stdio $VERSION; |
28 | |
29 | sub AUTOLOAD { |
30 | my($constname) = $AUTOLOAD; |
31 | $constname =~ s/.*:://; |
32 | if ($constname =~ /^O_/) { |
33 | my($val) = constant($constname); |
34 | defined $val or croak("Unknown VMS::Stdio constant $constname"); |
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35 | *$AUTOLOAD = sub { $val; } |
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36 | } |
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37 | else { # We don't know about it; hand off to IO::File |
38 | require IO::File; |
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39 | |
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40 | *$AUTOLOAD = eval "sub { shift->IO::File::$constname(\@_) }"; |
41 | croak "Error autoloading IO::File::$constname: $@" if $@; |
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42 | } |
43 | goto &$AUTOLOAD; |
44 | } |
45 | |
46 | sub DESTROY { close($_[0]); } |
47 | |
48 | |
49 | ################################################################################ |
50 | # Intercept calls to old VMS::stdio package, complain, and hand off |
51 | # This will be removed in a future version of VMS::Stdio |
52 | |
53 | package VMS::stdio; |
54 | |
55 | sub AUTOLOAD { |
56 | my($func) = $AUTOLOAD; |
57 | $func =~ s/.*:://; |
58 | # Cheap trick: we know DynaLoader has required Carp.pm |
59 | Carp::carp("Old package VMS::stdio is now VMS::Stdio; please update your code"); |
60 | if ($func eq 'vmsfopen') { |
61 | Carp::carp("Old function &vmsfopen is now &vmsopen"); |
62 | goto &VMS::Stdio::vmsopen; |
63 | } |
64 | elsif ($func eq 'fgetname') { |
65 | Carp::carp("Old function &fgetname is now &getname"); |
66 | goto &VMS::Stdio::getname; |
67 | } |
68 | else { goto &{"VMS::Stdio::$func"}; } |
69 | } |
70 | |
71 | package VMS::Stdio; # in case we ever use AutoLoader |
72 | |
73 | 1; |
74 | |
75 | __END__ |
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76 | |
77 | =head1 NAME |
78 | |
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79 | VMS::Stdio - standard I/O functions via VMS extensions |
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80 | |
81 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
82 | |
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83 | use VMS::Stdio qw( &flush &getname &remove &rewind &sync &tmpnam |
84 | &vmsopen &vmssysopen &waitfh ); |
85 | $uniquename = tmpnam; |
86 | $fh = vmsopen("my.file","rfm=var","alq=100",...) or die $!; |
87 | $name = getname($fh); |
88 | print $fh "Hello, world!\n"; |
89 | flush($fh); |
90 | sync($fh); |
91 | rewind($fh); |
92 | $line = <$fh>; |
93 | undef $fh; # closes file |
94 | $fh = vmssysopen("another.file", O_RDONLY | O_NDELAY, 0, "ctx=bin"); |
95 | sysread($fh,$data,128); |
96 | waitfh($fh); |
97 | close($fh); |
98 | remove("another.file"); |
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99 | |
100 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
101 | |
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102 | This package gives Perl scripts access via VMS extensions to several |
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103 | C stdio operations not available through Perl's CORE I/O functions. |
104 | The specific routines are described below. These functions are |
105 | prototyped as unary operators, with the exception of C<vmsopen> |
106 | and C<vmssysopen>, which can take any number of arguments, and |
107 | C<tmpnam>, which takes none. |
108 | |
109 | All of the routines are available for export, though none are |
110 | exported by default. All of the constants used by C<vmssysopen> |
111 | to specify access modes are exported by default. The routines |
112 | are associated with the Exporter tag FUNCTIONS, and the constants |
113 | are associated with the Exporter tag CONSTANTS, so you can more |
114 | easily choose what you'd like to import: |
115 | |
116 | # import constants, but not functions |
117 | use VMS::Stdio; # same as use VMS::Stdio qw( :DEFAULT ); |
118 | # import functions, but not constants |
119 | use VMS::Stdio qw( !:CONSTANTS :FUNCTIONS ); |
120 | # import both |
121 | use VMS::Stdio qw( :CONSTANTS :FUNCTIONS ); |
122 | # import neither |
123 | use VMS::Stdio (); |
124 | |
125 | Of course, you can also choose to import specific functions by |
126 | name, as usual. |
127 | |
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128 | This package C<ISA> IO::File, so that you can call IO::File |
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129 | methods on the handles returned by C<vmsopen> and C<vmssysopen>. |
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130 | The IO::File package is not initialized, however, until you |
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131 | actually call a method that VMS::Stdio doesn't provide. This |
132 | is doen to save startup time for users who don't wish to use |
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133 | the IO::File methods. |
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134 | |
135 | B<Note:> In order to conform to naming conventions for Perl |
136 | extensions and functions, the name of this package has been |
137 | changed to VMS::Stdio as of Perl 5.002, and the names of some |
138 | routines have been changed. Calls to the old VMS::stdio routines |
139 | will generate a warning, and will be routed to the equivalent |
140 | VMS::Stdio function. This compatibility interface will be |
141 | removed in a future release of this extension, so please |
142 | update your code to use the new routines. |
143 | |
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144 | =over |
145 | |
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146 | =item flush |
147 | |
148 | This function causes the contents of stdio buffers for the specified |
149 | file handle to be flushed. If C<undef> is used as the argument to |
150 | C<flush>, all currently open file handles are flushed. Like the CRTL |
151 | fflush() routine, it does not flush any underlying RMS buffers for the |
152 | file, so the data may not be flushed all the way to the disk. C<flush> |
153 | returns a true value if successful, and C<undef> if not. |
154 | |
155 | =item getname |
156 | |
157 | The C<getname> function returns the file specification associated |
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158 | with a Perl I/O handle. If an error occurs, it returns C<undef>. |
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159 | |
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160 | =item remove |
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161 | |
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162 | This function deletes the file named in its argument, returning |
163 | a true value if successful and C<undef> if not. It differs from |
164 | the CORE Perl function C<unlink> in that it does not try to |
165 | reset file protection if the original protection does not give |
166 | you delete access to the file (cf. L<perlvms>). In other words, |
167 | C<remove> is equivalent to |
168 | |
169 | unlink($file) if VMS::Filespec::candelete($file); |
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170 | |
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171 | =item rewind |
172 | |
173 | C<rewind> resets the current position of the specified file handle |
174 | to the beginning of the file. It's really just a convenience |
175 | method equivalent in effect to C<seek($fh,0,0)>. It returns a |
176 | true value if successful, and C<undef> if it fails. |
177 | |
178 | =item sync |
179 | |
180 | This function flushes buffered data for the specified file handle |
181 | from stdio and RMS buffers all the way to disk. If successful, it |
182 | returns a true value; otherwise, it returns C<undef>. |
183 | |
184 | =item tmpnam |
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185 | |
186 | The C<tmpnam> function returns a unique string which can be used |
187 | as a filename when creating temporary files. If, for some |
188 | reason, it is unable to generate a name, it returns C<undef>. |
189 | |
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190 | =item vmsopen |
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191 | |
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192 | The C<vmsopen> function enables you to specify optional RMS arguments |
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193 | to the VMS CRTL when opening a file. Its operation is similar to the built-in |
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194 | Perl C<open> function (see L<perlfunc> for a complete description), |
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195 | but it will only open normal files; it cannot open pipes or duplicate |
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196 | existing I/O handles. Up to 8 optional arguments may follow the |
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197 | file name. These arguments should be strings which specify |
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198 | optional file characteristics as allowed by the CRTL. (See the |
199 | CRTL reference manual description of creat() and fopen() for details.) |
200 | If successful, C<vmsopen> returns a VMS::Stdio file handle; if an |
201 | error occurs, it returns C<undef>. |
202 | |
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203 | You can use the file handle returned by C<vmsopen> just as you |
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204 | would any other Perl file handle. The class VMS::Stdio ISA |
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205 | IO::File, so you can call IO::File methods using the handle |
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206 | returned by C<vmsopen>. However, C<use>ing VMS::Stdio does not |
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207 | automatically C<use> IO::File; you must do so explicitly in |
208 | your program if you want to call IO::File methods. This is |
209 | done to avoid the overhead of initializing the IO::File package |
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210 | in programs which intend to use the handle returned by C<vmsopen> |
211 | as a normal Perl file handle only. When the scalar containing |
212 | a VMS::Stdio file handle is overwritten, C<undef>d, or goes |
213 | out of scope, the associated file is closed automatically. |
214 | |
215 | =item vmssysopen |
216 | |
217 | This function bears the same relationship to the CORE function |
218 | C<sysopen> as C<vmsopen> does to C<open>. Its first three arguments |
219 | are the name, access flags, and permissions for the file. Like |
220 | C<vmsopen>, it takes up to 8 additional string arguments which |
221 | specify file characteristics. Its return value is identical to |
222 | that of C<vmsopen>. |
223 | |
224 | The symbolic constants for the mode argument are exported by |
225 | VMS::Stdio by default, and are also exported by the Fcntl package. |
226 | |
227 | =item waitfh |
228 | |
229 | This function causes Perl to wait for the completion of an I/O |
230 | operation on the file handle specified as its argument. It is |
231 | used with handles opened for asynchronous I/O, and performs its |
232 | task by calling the CRTL routine fwait(). |
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233 | |
234 | =head1 REVISION |
235 | |
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236 | This document was last revised on 10-Dec-1996, for Perl 5.004. |
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237 | |
238 | =cut |