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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-01-04 20:06:58 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-01-04 20:06:58 +0000
commitc406981e00deead8e4a58424b87a96ede9af2f23 (patch)
treedb5ddf953b211290174ce58358f77e5d156f69e8
parent4845d0b217149851eff12d4c8710aa5b85df4596 (diff)
downloadperl-c406981e00deead8e4a58424b87a96ede9af2f23.tar.gz
Spread the good word of "env".
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@14060
-rw-r--r--pod/perlhack.pod9
-rw-r--r--pod/perllocale.pod4
-rw-r--r--pod/perlrun.pod3
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlhack.pod b/pod/perlhack.pod
index 4efe90bfe2..c93e230dbc 100644
--- a/pod/perlhack.pod
+++ b/pod/perlhack.pod
@@ -1891,6 +1891,15 @@ If you plan to use the "Viewer" windows, then you only need this option:
setenv PURIFYOPTIONS "-chain-length=25"
+In Bourne-type shells:
+
+ PURIFY_OPTIONS="..."
+ export PURIFY_OPTIONS
+
+or if you have the "env" utility:
+
+ env PURIFY_OPTIONS="..." ../pureperl ...
+
=head2 Purify on NT
Purify on Windows NT instruments the Perl binary 'perl.exe'
diff --git a/pod/perllocale.pod b/pod/perllocale.pod
index 7864addc3e..43ffe584ac 100644
--- a/pod/perllocale.pod
+++ b/pod/perllocale.pod
@@ -310,6 +310,10 @@ locale "En_US"--and in Cshish shells (B<csh>, B<tcsh>)
setenv LC_ALL en_US.ISO8859-1
+or if you have the "env" application you can do in any shell
+
+ env LC_ALL=en_US.ISO8859-1 perl ...
+
If you do not know what shell you have, consult your local
helpdesk or the equivalent.
diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod
index 138e34499c..7326d27064 100644
--- a/pod/perlrun.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrun.pod
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@ If you're just trying to get a print out of each line of Perl code
as it executes, the way that C<sh -x> provides for shell scripts,
you can't use Perl's B<-D> switch. Instead do this
+ # If you have "env" utility
+ env=PERLDB_OPTS="NonStop=1 AutoTrace=1 frame=2" perl -dS program
+
# Bourne shell syntax
$ PERLDB_OPTS="NonStop=1 AutoTrace=1 frame=2" perl -dS program