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| author | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1997-12-24 04:59:28 +0000 |
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| committer | Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org> | 1997-12-24 04:59:28 +0000 |
| commit | aeb2b38d3110f132d105d762f8f59dd6e1564741 (patch) | |
| tree | 9f590283b089b77e1c5547136589626b4b6e6de1 /README.win32 | |
| parent | f998180f71571d04f7a71972eb8eb78805338f5c (diff) | |
| download | perl-aeb2b38d3110f132d105d762f8f59dd6e1564741.tar.gz | |
[win32] make $? Unix (and ActiveWare) compatible
p4raw-id: //depot/win32/perl@388
Diffstat (limited to 'README.win32')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.win32 | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index 3727b2cf95..1b596eb1b6 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -524,10 +524,9 @@ functionality of ioctlsocket() in the Winsock API). =item * -C<$?> ends up with the exitstatus of the subprocess (this is different -from Unix, where the exitstatus is actually given by "$? >> 8"). -Failure to spawn() the subprocess is indicated by setting $? to -"255<<8". This is subject to change. +C<$?> is set in a way compatible with Unix, so the exitstatus of the +subprocess is actually obtained by "$? >> 8". Failure to spawn() the +subprocess is indicated by setting $? to "255 << 8". =item * |