NAME

       Module::Build::Platform::VMS - Builder class for VMS platforms

DESCRIPTION

       This module inherits from "Module::Build::Base" and alters a few minor details of its
       functionality.  Please see Module::Build for the general docs.

   Overridden Methods
       _set_defaults
           Change $self->{build_script} to 'Build.com' so @Build works.

       cull_args
           '@Build foo' on VMS will not preserve the case of 'foo'.  Rather than forcing people
           to write '@Build "foo"' we'll dispatch case-insensitively.

       manpage_separator
           Use '__' instead of '::'.

       prefixify
           Prefixify taking into account VMS' filepath syntax.

       _quote_args
           Command-line arguments (but not the command itself) must be quoted to ensure case
           preservation.

       have_forkpipe
           There is no native fork(), so some constructs depending on it are not available.

       _backticks
           Override to ensure that we quote the arguments but not the command.

       find_command
           Local an executable program

       _maybe_command (override)
           Follows VMS naming conventions for executable files.  If the name passed in doesn't
           exactly match an executable file, appends .Exe (or equivalent) to check for executable
           image, and .Com to check for DCL procedure.  If this fails, checks directories in
           DCL$PATH and finally Sys$System: for an executable file having the name specified,
           with or without the .Exe-equivalent suffix.

       do_system
           Override to ensure that we quote the arguments but not the command.

       oneliner
           Override to ensure that we do not quote the command.

       rscan_dir
           Inherit the standard version but remove dots at end of name.  If the extended
           character set is in effect, do not remove dots from filenames with Unix path
           delimiters.

       dist_dir
           Inherit the standard version but replace embedded dots with underscores because a dot
           is the directory delimiter on VMS.

       man3page_name
           Inherit the standard version but chop the extra manpage delimiter off the front if
           there is one.  The VMS version of splitdir('[.foo]') returns '', 'foo'.

       expand_test_dir
           Inherit the standard version but relativize the paths as the native glob() doesn't do
           that for us.

       _detildefy
           The home-grown glob() does not currently handle tildes, so provide limited support
           here.  Expect only UNIX format file specifications for now.

       find_perl_interpreter
           On VMS, $^X returns the fully qualified absolute path including version number.  It's
           logically impossible to improve on it for getting the perl we're currently running,
           and attempting to manipulate it is usually lossy.

       localize_file_path
           Convert the file path to the local syntax

       localize_dir_path
           Convert the directory path to the local syntax

       ACTION_clean
           The home-grown glob() expands a bit too aggressively when given a bare name, so
           default in a zero-length extension.

AUTHOR

       Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com> Ken Williams <kwilliams@cpan.org> Craig A. Berry
       <craigberry@mac.com>

SEE ALSO

       perl(1), Module::Build(3), ExtUtils::MakeMaker(3)