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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        Override to ensure that we do not quote the command.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 AT pobox.com> Ken Williams <kwilliams AT cpan.org> Craig A. Berry
    <craigberry AT mac.com>

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