# -evp aes-256-cbc-hmac-sha256' will vary by percent or two;
# (***) these are SHAEXT results;
-$flavour = shift;
-$output = shift;
-if ($flavour =~ /\./) { $output = $flavour; undef $flavour; }
+# $output is the last argument if it looks like a file (it has an extension)
+# $flavour is the first argument if it doesn't look like a file
+$output = $#ARGV >= 0 && $ARGV[$#ARGV] =~ m|\.\w+$| ? pop : undef;
+$flavour = $#ARGV >= 0 && $ARGV[0] !~ m|\.| ? shift : undef;
$win64=0; $win64=1 if ($flavour =~ /[nm]asm|mingw64/ || $output =~ /\.asm$/);
$shaext=$avx; ### set to zero if compiling for 1.0.1
$avx=1 if (!$shaext && $avx);
-open OUT,"| \"$^X\" \"$xlate\" $flavour \"$output\"";
+open OUT,"| \"$^X\" \"$xlate\" $flavour \"$output\""
+ or die "can't call $xlate: $!";
*STDOUT=*OUT;
$func="aesni_cbc_sha256_enc";