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From: "Robbie Hatley" <lonewolf AT well DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Perldoc error: "Could not create temp file"
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:11:17 -0700
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Greetings, groups.  I'm running Windows 2000 and djgpp, and trying
to read the built-in perl documentation via "perldoc", but it's
not working.  Perldoc fails both when invoked from the Windows
command processor (cmd.exe) or from Bash.  In either case, I get
an error like this:

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
%

Now, when I look at perldoc.pm line 1483, I see:

#..........................................................................
sub new_tempfile {    # $self->new_tempfile( [$suffix, [$infix] ] )
  my $self = shift;

  ++$Temp_Files_Created;

  if( IS_MSWin32 ) {
    my @out = $self->MSWin_perldoc_tempfile(@_);
    return @out if @out;
    # otherwise fall thru to the normal stuff below...
  }

  require File::Temp;
  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.

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.

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 .

-- 
Cheers,
Robbie Hatley
perl -le 'print "\154o\156e\167o\154f\100w\145ll\56c\157m"'
perl -le 'print "\150ttp\72//\167ww.\167ell.\143om/~\154onewolf/"'