open(FOO, ">$tmpfile") || DIE("Can't open temp test file: $!");
my($nlink, $mtime, $ctime) = (stat(FOO))[$NLINK, $MTIME, $CTIME];
+
+#VMS Fix-me: nlink should work on VMS if applicable link support configured.
SKIP: {
skip "No link count", 1 if $Is_VMS;
skip "Skipping: unexpected ls output in MP-RAS", 6
if $Is_MPRAS;
+ # VMS problem: If GNV or other UNIX like tool is installed, then
+ # sometimes Perl will find /bin/ls, and will try to run it.
+ # But since Perl on VMS does not know to run it under Bash, it will
+ # try to run the DCL verb LS. And if the VMS product Language
+ # Sensitive Editor is installed, or some other LS verb, that will
+ # be run instead. So do not do this until we can teach Perl
+ # when to use BASH on VMS.
+ skip "ls command not available to Perl in OpenVMS right now.", 6
+ if $Is_VMS;
+
my $LS = $Config{d_readlink} ? "ls -lL" : "ls -l";
my $CMD = "$LS /dev 2>/dev/null";
my $DEV = qx($CMD);