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author | Tels <nospam-abuse@bloodgate.com> | 2001-11-17 12:41:51 +0100 |
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committer | Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org> | 2001-11-17 09:49:10 +0000 |
commit | 6cf3b067860d2a45ee9f4e590776e681762589b2 (patch) | |
tree | 19464666d980b718c055c6cfb54ce1b9e0a8a5ae /lib | |
parent | df7779cfe685aee627732a875b653ed34ef983ed (diff) | |
download | perl-6cf3b067860d2a45ee9f4e590776e681762589b2.tar.gz |
[PATCH9 File/Find.pm doc nits
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@13060
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/File/Find.pm | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/File/Find.pm b/lib/File/Find.pm index e64af1033e..b772f9d809 100644 --- a/lib/File/Find.pm +++ b/lib/File/Find.pm @@ -209,15 +209,16 @@ warnings. =item $dont_use_nlink You can set the variable C<$File::Find::dont_use_nlink> to 1, if you want to -force File::Find to always stat directories. This was used for systems -that do not have the correct C<nlink> count for directories. Examples are -ISO-9660 (CD-R), AFS, and operating systems like OS/2, DOS and a couple of -others. +force File::Find to always stat directories. This was used for file systems +that do not have an C<nlink> count matching the number of sub-directories. +Examples are ISO-9660 (CD-ROM), AFS, HPFS (OS/2 file system), FAT (DOS file +system) and a couple of others. -Since now File::Find should now detect such things on-the-fly and switch it -self to using stat, this will probably not a problem to you. +You shouldn't need to set this variable, since File::Find should now detect +such file systems on-the-fly and switch itself to using stat. This works even +for parts of your file system, like a mounted CD-ROM. -If you do set $dont_use_nlink to 1, you will notice slow-downs. +If you do set C<$File::Find::dont_use_nlink> to 1, you will notice slow-downs. =item symlinks |