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author | Jason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1996-08-19 10:13:38 +0000 |
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committer | Jason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1996-08-19 10:13:38 +0000 |
commit | 14856225739aa48b6c9cf4c17925362b2d95cea3 (patch) | |
tree | dfd38f1b654fb5bbdfc38887c1a829b658e71530 /gnu/usr.bin/perl/vms/ext/Stdio/0README.txt | |
parent | 77469082517e44fe6ca347d9e8dc7dffd1583637 (diff) |
Import of Perl 5.003 into the tree. Makefile.bsd-wrapper and
config.sh.OpenBSD are the only local changes.
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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/perl/vms/ext/Stdio/0README.txt b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/vms/ext/Stdio/0README.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..28f82b3a145 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/vms/ext/Stdio/0README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +This directory contains the source code for the Perl extension +VMS::Stdio, which provides access from Perl to VMS-specific +stdio functions. For more specific documentation of its +function, please see the pod section of Stdio.pm. + + *** Please Note *** + +This package is the direct descendant of VMS::stdio, but as of Perl +5.002, the name has been changed to VMS::Stdio, in order to conform +to the Perl naming convention that extensions whose name begins +with a lowercase letter represent compile-time "pragmas", while +extensions which provide added functionality have names whose parts +begin with uppercase letters. In addition, the functions +vmsfopen and fgetname have been renamed vmsopen and getname, +respectively, in order to more closely resemble related Perl +I/O operators, which do not retain the 'f' from corresponding +C routine names. + +A transitional interface to the old routine names has been +provided, so that calls to these routines will generate a +warning, and be routed to the corresponding VMS::Stdio +routine. This interface will be removed in a future release, +so please update your code to use the new names. + + +===> Installation + +This extension, like most Perl extensions, should be installed +by copying the files in this directory to a location *outside* +the Perl distribution tree, and then saying + + $ perl Makefile.PL ! Build Descrip.MMS for this extension + $ MMK ! Build the extension + $ MMK test ! Run its regression tests + $ MMK install ! Install required files in public Perl tree + + +===> Revision History + +1.0 29-Nov-1994 Charles Bailey bailey@genetics.upenn.edu + original version - vmsfopen +1.1 09-Mar-1995 Charles Bailey bailey@genetics.upenn.edu + changed calling sequence to return FH/undef - like POSIX::open + added fgetname and tmpnam +2.0 28-Feb-1996 Charles Bailey bailey@genetics.upenn.edu + major rewrite for Perl 5.002: name changed to VMS::Stdio, + new functions added, and prototypes incorporated |