[Info-vax] Extended file spec support on CSWS & PHP7

[issinoho]

On Tuesday, 25 August 2020 at 13:58:31 UTC+1, issinoho wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> Can anyone tell me how to enable extended file support in CSWS and PHP7 (berrymans build) ? 
> 
> This is specifically to allow PHP to find files with e.g. double dots in the name. 
> 
> In the old days it used to involve logicals being defined in PHP_SETUP.COM but that doesn't exist now (by the looks of it). 
> 
> TIA 
> 
> VSI AXPVMS VMS V8.4-2L1 
> VSI AXPVMS SSL111 V1.1-1GB 
> VSI AXPVMS CSWS V2.4-38D 
> PHP 7.2.29

Update...

Firstly, I was using an older version of unzip so the filenames were not being created correctly. Solved by grabbing latest unzip (6.00) from VSI.

Secondly, I've re-created the old php_setup.com and tied it into apache$setup.com -- which doesn't seem to have made a difference.

Next, I tried accessing a multi-dotted filename directly with CSWS and that works fine, so CSWS is not the problem here.

So, conclusion, it's the PHP parser which is not honoring extended parsing of ODS-5 files. Any thoughts? Is there a way to contact Mark Berryman for queries like this beyond posting here?

TIA