-#if defined(MSDOS) || defined(WIN32)
- Perl_sv_setpvf(aTHX_ cmd, "\
-sed %s -e \"/^[^#]/b\" \
- -e \"/^#[ ]*include[ ]/b\" \
- -e \"/^#[ ]*define[ ]/b\" \
- -e \"/^#[ ]*if[ ]/b\" \
- -e \"/^#[ ]*ifdef[ ]/b\" \
- -e \"/^#[ ]*ifndef[ ]/b\" \
- -e \"/^#[ ]*else/b\" \
- -e \"/^#[ ]*elif[ ]/b\" \
- -e \"/^#[ ]*undef[ ]/b\" \
- -e \"/^#[ ]*endif/b\" \
- -e \"s/^#.*//\" \
- %s | %"SVf" -C %"SVf" %s",
- (PL_doextract ? "-e \"1,/^#/d\n\"" : ""),
-#else
-# ifdef __OPEN_VM
- Perl_sv_setpvf(aTHX_ cmd, "\
-%s %s -e '/^[^#]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*include[ ]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*define[ ]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*if[ ]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*ifdef[ ]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*ifndef[ ]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*else/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*elif[ ]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*undef[ ]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*endif/b' \
- -e 's/^[ ]*#.*//' \
- %s | %"SVf" %"SVf" %s",
-# else
- Perl_sv_setpvf(aTHX_ cmd, "\
-%s %s -e '/^[^#]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*include[ ]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*define[ ]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*if[ ]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*ifdef[ ]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*ifndef[ ]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*else/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*elif[ ]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*undef[ ]/b' \
- -e '/^#[ ]*endif/b' \
- -e 's/^[ ]*#.*//' \
- %s | %"SVf" -C %"SVf" %s",
-# endif
-#ifdef LOC_SED
- LOC_SED,
-#else
- "sed",
-#endif
- (PL_doextract ? "-e '1,/^#/d\n'" : ""),
-#endif
- scriptname, cpp, sv, CPPMINUS);
+
+# if defined(MSDOS) || defined(WIN32) || defined(VMS)
+ quote = "\"";
+# else
+ quote = "'";
+# endif
+
+# ifdef VMS
+ cpp_discard_flag = "";
+# else
+ cpp_discard_flag = "-C";
+# endif
+
+# ifdef OS2
+ perl = os2_execname(aTHX);
+# else
+ perl = PL_origargv[0];
+# endif
+
+
+ /* This strips off Perl comments which might interfere with
+ the C pre-processor, including #!. #line directives are
+ deliberately stripped to avoid confusion with Perl's version
+ of #line. FWP played some golf with it so it will fit
+ into VMS's 255 character buffer.
+ */
+ if( PL_doextract )
+ code = "(1../^#!.*perl/i)|/^\\s*#(?!\\s*((ifn?|un)def|(el|end)?if|define|include|else|error|pragma)\\b)/||!($|=1)||print";
+ else
+ code = "/^\\s*#(?!\\s*((ifn?|un)def|(el|end)?if|define|include|else|error|pragma)\\b)/||!($|=1)||print";
+
+ Perl_sv_setpvf(aTHX_ cmd, "\
+%s -ne%s%s%s %s | %"SVf" %s %"SVf" %s",
+ perl, quote, code, quote, scriptname, cpp,
+ cpp_discard_flag, sv, CPPMINUS);
+