$ PERL -V
$Header: perly.c,v 3.0.1.5 90/03/27 16:20:57 lwall Locked $
Patch level: 18

Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, Larry Wall
VMS port by Carl Fongheiser, University of Pittsburgh

Perl may be copied only under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
a copy of which can be found with the Perl 3.0 distribution kit.

How to unpack vmsperl3018:
FTP vmsperl3018.ftpsav (image) and vmsperl3018.fdl (ascii) from ftp.pitt.edu:/users/r/m/rm55/perl
$ EXCHANGE/NET/TR=BLOCK/FDL=VMSPERL3018.FDL VMSPERL3018.FTPSAV VMSPERL3018.SAV
$ BACKUP/LIST VMSPERL3018.SAV/SAV
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An example session:

$ FTP FTP.PITT.EDU /USER="anonymous" /PASS="user@site"
VM1.CIS.PITT.EDU MultiNet FTP user process 3.2(106)
Connection opened (Assuming 8-bit connections)
<unixd3.cis.pitt.edu FTP server (Version 4.163+ (Pitt Rightsdb) Tue Sep 01 13:09:11 PST 1991) ready.
[Attempting to log in as anonymous]
<Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
UNIXD3.CIS.PITT.EDU> cd /users/r/m/rm55/perl
<CWD command successful.
UNIXD3.CIS.PITT.EDU> dir
<Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
total 3910
-rw-r--r--  1 rm55     system       2329 Aug 10 09:10 vmsperl3018.README
-rw-r--r--  1 rm55     system         40 Aug  5 09:13 vmsperl3018.fdl
-rw-r--r--  1 rm55     system    3999744 Aug  5 09:14 vmsperl3018.ftpsav
<Transfer complete.
UNIXD3.CIS.PITT.EDU> get vmsperl3018.readme
  To local file: 
<Opening ASCII mode data connection for vmsperl3018.README (2329 bytes).
<Transfer complete.
UNIXD3.CIS.PITT.EDU> get vmsperl3018.fdl
  To local file: 
<Opening ASCII mode data connection for vmsperl3018.fdl (40 bytes).
<Transfer complete.
UNIXD3.CIS.PITT.EDU> binary
Type: Image, Structure: File, Mode: Stream
UNIXD3.CIS.PITT.EDU> get vmsperl3018.ftpsav
  To local file: 
<Opening BINARY mode data connection for vmsperl3018.ftpsav (3999744 bytes).
<Transfer complete.
UNIXD3.CIS.PITT.EDU> exit
<Goodbye.
$ EXCHANGE/NET/TR=BLOCK/FDL=VMSPERL3018.FDL VMSPERL3018.FTPSAV VMSPERL3018.SAV
$ BACKUP/LIST VMSPERL3018.SAV/SAV
Listing of save set(s)

Save set:          PERL3018.SAV
Written by:        RM55        
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Thanks to Carl Lydick <carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU> and Matt Thomas
<thomas@lkg.dec.com> for help in restoring the original VMS file
attributes of the saveset.


Rudy Maceyko <rm55+@pitt.edu>                     University of Pittsburgh/CIS