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| author | Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> | 1997-08-01 23:58:26 +1200 |
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| committer | Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk> | 1997-08-07 00:00:00 +1200 |
| commit | d8c2d278168b862ff4120ad8e5887d37d31f858b (patch) | |
| tree | ba919479278c1705fc4f79b7e2193083479ac8ef /README.os2 | |
| parent | 67fbe06e7fe7dfa95ec51821be9237cabdf281e2 (diff) | |
| download | perl-d8c2d278168b862ff4120ad8e5887d37d31f858b.tar.gz | |
Additional OS/2 patches
This is yet-another after-candidate2 -S fix:
a) We enable adding extensions for -S search on OS/2 (needed for pod2man
in makemaker after binary install);
b) remove an extra stat();
c) Update docs;
Credited: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
[editor's note: one hunk from original patch was already applied]
p5p-msgid: 199708020823.EAA19521@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu
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diff --git a/README.os2 b/README.os2 index 4cef16f0aa..947a56926d 100644 --- a/README.os2 +++ b/README.os2 @@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ There are also endless possibilities to use I<executable extensions> of *nixish shell (like F<sh.exe> supplied in the binary distribution), you need to follow the syntax specified in L<perlrun/"Switches">. +Note that B<-S> switch enables a search with additional extensions +F<.cmd>, F<.btm>, F<.bat>, F<.pl> as well. + =head2 Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl This is what system() (see L<perlfunc/system>), C<``> (see |