This is part of the patch previously submitted as part of a multi-part patch. This removes a trailing "." that results in ODS-5 mode when converting a Unix "foo/bar" specification to be "[.foo]bar.". This is incompatible with having setup_cmddsc searching for the resulting binary by appending ".exe" or "." to the specification. This allows the [.vms]test.com program to be run in the GNV/Unix compatible mode in order to start validating Perl for it. -John wb8tyw@qsl.net Personal Opinion OnlyThread Next