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| author | brian d foy <bdfoy@cpan.org> | 2009-10-19 13:19:51 -0500 |
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| committer | brian d foy <bdfoy@cpan.org> | 2009-10-19 13:19:51 -0500 |
| commit | f12f5f55b96ab324ac99ca675d447de42611ad4e (patch) | |
| tree | bcddde989006128da4e895fba875d86e2272075b /pod/perlfaq8.pod | |
| parent | 34b80e25c2b4f9caa86740b592c7c7dfdc78f44e (diff) | |
| download | perl-f12f5f55b96ab324ac99ca675d447de42611ad4e.tar.gz | |
* Synced the perlfaq
The latest commit in https://github.com/briandfoy/perlfaq is
aa2b30a3bcbf1ac69f000fe363b0c384fbc44723
dated Thu Oct 15 20:01:45 2009 -0500
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diff --git a/pod/perlfaq8.pod b/pod/perlfaq8.pod index 78039f96f2..95305249cd 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq8.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq8.pod @@ -863,10 +863,11 @@ stuck, because Windows does not have an argc/argv-style API. =head2 Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix, ^Z on MS-DOS)? -Some stdio's set error and eof flags that need clearing. The -POSIX module defines clearerr() that you can use. That is the -technically correct way to do it. Here are some less reliable -workarounds: +This happens only if your perl is compiled to use stdio instead of +perlio, which is the default. Some (maybe all?) stdio's set error and +eof flags that you may need to clear. The POSIX module defines +clearerr() that you can use. That is the technically correct way to +do it. Here are some less reliable workarounds: =over 4 |