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# Version: see $VERSION below
# Author: Charles Bailey bailey@newman.upenn.edu
-# Revised: 30-Oct-2007
+# Revised: 6-DEC-2007
=head1 NAME
=head1 SYNOPSIS
-use VMS::Filespec;
-$fullspec = rmsexpand('[.VMS]file.specification'[, 'default:[file.spec]']);
-$vmsspec = vmsify('/my/Unix/file/specification');
-$unixspec = unixify('my:[VMS]file.specification');
-$path = pathify('my:[VMS.or.Unix.directory]specification.dir');
-$dirfile = fileify('my:[VMS.or.Unix.directory.specification]');
-$vmsdir = vmspath('my/VMS/or/Unix/directory/specification.dir');
-$unixdir = unixpath('my:[VMS.or.Unix.directory]specification.dir');
-candelete('my:[VMS.or.Unix]file.specification');
-$case_tolerant = vms_case_tolerant;
-$unixspec = vms_realpath('file_specification');
-$vmsspec = vms_realname('file_specification');
+ use VMS::Filespec;
+ $fullspec = rmsexpand('[.VMS]file.specification'[, 'default:[file.spec]']);
+ $vmsspec = vmsify('/my/Unix/file/specification');
+ $unixspec = unixify('my:[VMS]file.specification');
+ $path = pathify('my:[VMS.or.Unix.directory]specification.dir');
+ $dirfile = fileify('my:[VMS.or.Unix.directory.specification]');
+ $vmsdir = vmspath('my/VMS/or/Unix/directory/specification.dir');
+ $unixdir = unixpath('my:[VMS.or.Unix.directory]specification.dir');
+ candelete('my:[VMS.or.Unix]file.specification');
+ $case_tolerant = vms_case_tolerant;
+ $unixspec = vms_realpath('file_specification');
+ $vmsspec = vms_realname('file_specification');
=head1 DESCRIPTION
If the C<realpath> function is not available, or is unable to return the
real path of the file, C<vms_realpath> will use the C<vms_realfile>
-function and convert the output to a UNIX format specification.
+function and convert the output to a UNIX format specification. It is
+not available on non-VMS systems.
-This function is intended for use by Cwd.pm for the implementation of
-the abs_path function with support for symbolic links. It is not available
-on non-VMS systems.
+=head2 vms_realname
-head2 vms_realname
-
-This uses the VMS LIB$FID_TO_NAME function to find the name of the primary
-link to a file, and returns the filename in VMS format.
-
-This function is intended for use by Cwd.pm for the implementation of
-the abs_path function with support for symbolic links. It is not available
-on non-VMS systems.
+This uses the C<LIB$FID_TO_NAME> run-time library call to find the name
+of the primary link to a file, and returns the filename in VMS format.
+This function is not available on non-VMS systems.
=head1 REVISION
-This document was last revised 15-Nov-2007, for Perl 5.10.0
+This document was last revised 6-DEC-2007, for Perl 5.10.0
=cut