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authorAristotle Pagaltzis <pagaltzis@gmx.de>2014-03-11 13:58:19 +0100
committerAristotle Pagaltzis <pagaltzis@gmx.de>2014-03-11 13:58:19 +0100
commitf0081f64cc268c6765e7cdc0539513842b398eb3 (patch)
tree482fb88985b93648a11c955ea341569d529cafd7 /pod/perlfunc.pod
parent08a33b6b0b73cadc9417b2e9e278d4bf6db28233 (diff)
downloadperl-f0081f64cc268c6765e7cdc0539513842b398eb3.tar.gz
perlfunc: layout getpw*&c return values as a table
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 4a3893a94b..065e2e470c 100644
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -2684,13 +2684,15 @@ These routines are the same as their counterparts in the
system C library. In list context, the return values from the
various get routines are as follows:
- ($name,$passwd,$uid,$gid,
- $quota,$comment,$gcos,$dir,$shell,$expire) = getpw*
- ($name,$passwd,$gid,$members) = getgr*
- ($name,$aliases,$addrtype,$length,@addrs) = gethost*
- ($name,$aliases,$addrtype,$net) = getnet*
- ($name,$aliases,$proto) = getproto*
- ($name,$aliases,$port,$proto) = getserv*
+ # 0 1 2 3 4
+ ( $name, $passwd, $gid, $members ) = getgr*
+ ( $name, $aliases, $addrtype, $net ) = getnet*
+ ( $name, $aliases, $port, $proto ) = getserv*
+ ( $name, $aliases, $proto ) = getproto*
+ ( $name, $aliases, $addrtype, $length, @addrs ) = gethost*
+ ( $name, $passwd, $uid, $gid, $quota,
+ $comment, $gcos, $dir, $shell, $expire ) = getpw*
+ # 5 6 7 8 9
(If the entry doesn't exist you get an empty list.)