"""glob.*""" patch for VMS, from Peter Prymmer.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@18927

diff --git a/vms/perlvms.pod b/vms/perlvms.pod
index 35c3d84..9067917 100644 (file)
--- a/vms/perlvms.pod
+++ b/vms/perlvms.pod
@@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ directory, and the procedure for building the extension is simply
 I<N.B.> The procedure by which extensions are built and
 tested creates several levels (at least 4) under the
 directory in which the extension's source files live.
-For this reason, you shouldn't nest the source directory
-too deeply in your directory structure, lest you exceed RMS'
+For this reason if you are runnning a version of VMS prior
+to V7.1 you shouldn't nest the source directory
+too deeply in your directory structure lest you exceed RMS'
 maximum of 8 levels of subdirectory in a filespec.  (You
 can use rooted logical names to get another 8 levels of
 nesting, if you can't place the files near the top of
@@ -139,22 +140,39 @@ the Perl extension, then the line C<PGPLOTSHR/Share> must
 be added to the linker options file F<PGPLOT.Opt> produced
 during the build process for the Perl extension.
 
-By default, the shareable image for an extension is placed
-F<[.lib.site_perl.auto>I<Arch>.I<Extname>F<]> directory of the
+By default, the shareable image for an extension is placed in
+the F<[.lib.site_perl.auto>I<Arch>.I<Extname>F<]> directory of the
 installed Perl directory tree (where I<Arch> is F<VMS_VAX> or
 F<VMS_AXP>, and I<Extname> is the name of the extension, with
 each C<::> translated to C<.>).  (See the MakeMaker documentation
 for more details on installation options for extensions.)
 However, it can be manually placed in any of several locations:
-   - the F<[.Lib.Auto.>I<Arch>I<$PVers>I<Extname>F<]> subdirectory
-     of one of the directories in C<@INC> (where I<PVers>
-     is the version of Perl you're using, as supplied in C<$]>,
-     with '.' converted to '_'), or
-   - one of the directories in C<@INC>, or
-   - a directory which the extensions Perl library module
-     passes to the DynaLoader when asking it to map
-     the shareable image, or
-   - F<Sys$Share> or F<Sys$Library>.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+the F<[.Lib.Auto.>I<Arch>I<$PVers>I<Extname>F<]> subdirectory
+of one of the directories in C<@INC> (where I<PVers>
+is the version of Perl you're using, as supplied in C<$]>,
+with '.' converted to '_'), or
+
+=item *
+
+one of the directories in C<@INC>, or
+
+=item *
+
+a directory which the extensions Perl library module
+passes to the DynaLoader when asking it to map
+the shareable image, or
+
+=item *
+
+F<Sys$Share> or F<Sys$Library>.
+
+=back
+
 If the shareable image isn't in any of these places, you'll need
 to define a logical name I<Extshortname>, where I<Extshortname>
 is the portion of the extension's name after the last C<::>, which
@@ -198,8 +216,24 @@ the command line and within Perl globs (e.g. C<E<lt>*.cE<gt>>).  If
 the wildcard filespec uses VMS syntax, the resultant 
 filespecs will follow VMS syntax; if a Unix-style filespec is 
 passed in, Unix-style filespecs will be returned.
+Similar to the behavior of wildcard globbing for a Unix shell,
+one can escape command line wildcards with double quotation
+marks C<"> around a perl program command line argument.  However,
+owing to the stripping of C<"> characters carried out by the C
+handling of argv you will need to escape a construct such as
+this one (in a directory containing the files F<PERL.C>, F<PERL.EXE>,
+F<PERL.H>, and F<PERL.OBJ>):
+
+    $ perl -e "print join(' ',@ARGV)" perl.*
+    perl.c perl.exe perl.h perl.obj
+
+in the following triple quoted manner:
 
-In both cases, VMS wildcard expansion is performed. (csh-style
+    $ perl -e "print join(' ',@ARGV)" """perl.*"""
+    perl.*
+
+In both the case of unquoted command line arguments or in calls
+to C<glob()> VMS wildcard expansion is performed. (csh-style
 wildcard expansion is available if you use C<File::Glob::glob>.)
 If the wildcard filespec contains a device or directory 
 specification, then the resultant filespecs will also contain 
@@ -258,7 +292,7 @@ directory specifications may use either VMS or Unix syntax.
 Perl for VMS supports redirection of input and output on the 
 command line, using a subset of Bourne shell syntax:
 
-=over
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 

diff --git a/vms/vms.c b/vms/vms.c
index aa9421d..e0788f8 100644 (file)
--- a/vms/vms.c
+++ b/vms/vms.c
@@ -4252,6 +4252,7 @@ static void mp_expand_wild_cards(pTHX_ char *item,
 int expcount = 0;
 unsigned long int context = 0;
 int isunix = 0;
+int item_len = 0;
 char *had_version;
 char *had_device;
 int had_directory;
@@ -4271,6 +4272,20 @@ unsigned long int zero = 0, sts;
        add_item(head, tail, item, count);
        return;
        }
+    else
+        {
+     /* "double quoted" wild card expressions pass as is */
+     /* From DCL that means using e.g.:                  */
+     /* perl program """perl.*"""                        */
+     item_len = strlen(item);
+     if ( '"' == *item && '"' == item[item_len-1] )
+       {
+       item++;
+       item[item_len-2] = '\0';
+       add_item(head, tail, item, count);
+       return;
+       }
+     }
     resultspec.dsc$b_dtype = DSC$K_DTYPE_T;
     resultspec.dsc$b_class = DSC$K_CLASS_D;
     resultspec.dsc$a_pointer = NULL;