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authorIlya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>1997-08-01 23:58:26 +1200
committerTim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>1997-08-07 00:00:00 +1200
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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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@@ -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