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From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <1usa AT llenroc DOT ude DOT invalid>
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"Robbie Hatley" <lonewolf AT well DOT com> wrote in
news:zd6dnbRZ8J5AdJvVnZ2dnUVZ_rignZ2d AT giganews DOT com: 

> wd=C:\djgpp\bin
> %bash
> bash-2.04$ perldoc perl
> Error in tempfile() using c:/djgpp/tmp/XXXXXXXXXX: Could not
> create temp file c: /djgpp/tmp/zkQ06tqlcH: Invalid argument
> (EINVAL) at /dev/env/DJDIR/lib/perl5/Pod /Perldoc.pm line 1483
> bash-2.04$ exit
> exit
> wd=C:\djgpp\bin
> %perl perldoc perl
> Error in tempfile() using C:/TEMP/XXXXXXXXXX: Could not create
> temp file C:/TEMP /0mfgo64w9W: Invalid argument (EINVAL) at
> /dev/env/DJDIR/lib/perl5/Pod/Perldoc.p m line 1483
> wd=C:\djgpp\bin
> %

You have a permissions problem. Either c:\djgpp\tmp does not exist or 
you do not have permissions to write there. Same applies to 
C:\TEMP

I did use DJGPP for a long time. However, unless you really are doing
DOS development, I see very little point in trying to make do with 
Perl in the DOS environment.

>   return File::Temp::tempfile(UNLINK => 1); ######### LINE 1483
>   ######### 
> 
> So, why would the parameters of File::Temp::tempfile be "invalid"?
> And what the heck is "UNLINK"?  That doesn't look like a variable.

No, the fat comma, =>, automatically quotes a bare string consisting 
only of \w characters. Therefore, the statement above is identical to

return File::Temp::tempfile('UNLINK', 1);

> I'm getting this problem both on my computer at work, and here at
> home. Both computers are running MS Windows 2000, and both are
> using djgpp and Perl version 5.8.8 .
> 
> I tried changing environment variable "tmpdir" to "C:\Temp", but I
> get that same "Invalid argument on line 1483" error.

If I remember correctly, there was problem where DJGPP tools were not 
seeing the proper TEMP directory .. ah, yes, here is something that 
might be useful:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.msdos.djgpp/msg/ec8ac77e5e94a579

> 
> I'm not sure if this is a Perl issue or a djgpp issue (or both),
> so I'm posting this in both comp.lang.perl.misc and
> comp.os.msdos.djgpp . 
> 

Sinan

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