--- /dev/null
+#!./perl
+
+use VMS::Filespec;
+
+foreach (<DATA>) {
+ chomp;
+ s/\s*#.*//;
+ next if /^\s*$/;
+ push(@tests,$_);
+}
+print '1..',scalar(@tests)+1,"\n";
+
+foreach $test (@tests) {
+ ($arg,$func,$expect) = split(/\t+/,$test);
+ $idx++;
+ $rslt = eval "$func('$arg')";
+ if ($@) { print "not ok $idx : eval error: $@\n"; next; }
+ else {
+ if ($rslt ne $expect) {
+ print "not ok $idx : $func('$arg') expected |$expect|, got |$rslt|\n";
+ }
+ else { print "ok $idx\n"; }
+ }
+}
+
+print +(rmsexpand('[]') eq "\U$ENV{DEFAULT}" ? 'ok ' : 'not ok '),++$idx,"\n";
+
+__DATA__
+
+# Basic VMS to Unix filespecs
+some:[where.over]the.rainbow unixify /some/where/over/the.rainbow
+[.some.where.over]the.rainbow unixify some/where/over/the.rainbow
+[-.some.where.over]the.rainbow unixify ../some/where/over/the.rainbow
+[.some.--.where.over]the.rainbow unixify some/../../where/over/the.rainbow
+[] unixify ./
+[-] unixify ../
+[--] unixify ../../
+
+# and back again
+/some/where/over/the.rainbow vmsify some:[where.over]the.rainbow
+some/where/over/the.rainbow vmsify [.some.where.over]the.rainbow
+../some/where/over/the.rainbow vmsify [-.some.where.over]the.rainbow
+some/../../where/over/the.rainbow vmsify [-.where.over]the.rainbow
+. vmsify []
+.. vmsify [-]
+../.. vmsify [--]
+
+# Fileifying directory specs
+down:[the.garden.path] fileify down:[the.garden]path.dir;1
+[.down.the.garden.path] fileify [.down.the.garden]path.dir;1
+/down/the/garden/path fileify /down/the/garden/path.dir;1
+/down/the/garden/path/ fileify /down/the/garden/path.dir;1
+down/the/garden/path fileify down/the/garden/path.dir;1
+down:[the.garden]path fileify down:[the.garden]path.dir;1
+down:[the.garden]path. fileify # N.B. trailing . ==> null type
+down:[the]garden.path fileify
+/down/the/garden/path. fileify # N.B. trailing . ==> null type
+/down/the/garden.path fileify
+
+# and pathifying them
+down:[the.garden]path.dir;1 pathify down:[the.garden.path]
+[.down.the.garden]path.dir pathify [.down.the.garden.path]
+/down/the/garden/path.dir pathify /down/the/garden/path/
+down/the/garden/path.dir pathify down/the/garden/path/
+down:[the.garden]path pathify down:[the.garden.path]
+down:[the.garden]path. pathify # N.B. trailing . ==> null type
+down:[the]garden.path pathify
+/down/the/garden/path. pathify # N.B. trailing . ==> null type
+/down/the/garden.path pathify
+down:[the.garden]path.dir;2 pathify #N.B. ;2
+path pathify path/
+path.notdir pathify
+
+# Both VMS/Unix and file/path conversions
+down:[the.garden]path.dir;1 unixpath /down/the/garden/path/
+/down/the/garden/path vmspath down:[the.garden.path]
+down:[the.garden.path] unixpath /down/the/garden/path/
+/down/the/garden/path.dir vmspath down:[the.garden.path]
+[.down.the.garden]path.dir unixpath down/the/garden/path/
+down/the/garden/path vmspath [.down.the.garden.path]
+path vmspath [.path]
+
+# Redundant characters in Unix paths
+/some/where//over/./the.rainbow vmsify some:[where.over]the.rainbow
+..//../ vmspath [--]
+./././ vmspath []
+./../. vmsify [-]
+