There is now one of the DECC$* logicals that specifies whether or not
a version number is allowed in unix syntax file specifications passed
to the CRTL, but that's not pertinent here. There is a
configure-time option to Perl that is not (quite yet) implemented
that will cause a single unlink call to delete all versions.
The feature logical does not affect the handling of existing files, so if there are already other versions of the file, the effect may not be what you want.
Also, there seems to be an issue currently with the rename() if there is already an existing file, a new version gets created regardless of the feature setting.
-John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal Opinion Only
