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dcb3b746 1This directory contains the source code for the Perl extension
2VMS::Stdio, which provides access from Perl to VMS-specific
3stdio functions. For more specific documentation of its
4function, please see the pod section of Stdio.pm.
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dcb3b746 6===> Installation
7
8This extension, like most Perl extensions, should be installed
9by copying the files in this directory to a location *outside*
10the Perl distribution tree, and then saying
11
12 $ perl Makefile.PL ! Build Descrip.MMS for this extension
13 $ MMK ! Build the extension
14 $ MMK test ! Run its regression tests
15 $ MMK install ! Install required files in public Perl tree
16
17
18===> Revision History
19
201.0 29-Nov-1994 Charles Bailey bailey@genetics.upenn.edu
21 original version - vmsfopen
221.1 09-Mar-1995 Charles Bailey bailey@genetics.upenn.edu
23 changed calling sequence to return FH/undef - like POSIX::open
24 added fgetname and tmpnam
252.0 28-Feb-1996 Charles Bailey bailey@genetics.upenn.edu
26 major rewrite for Perl 5.002: name changed to VMS::Stdio,
27 new functions added, and prototypes incorporated
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282.1 24-Mar-1998 Charles Bailey bailey@newman.upenn.edu
29 Added writeof()
30 Removed old VMs::stdio compatibility interface