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authorAndy Dougherty <doughera.lafayette.edu>1995-12-21 00:01:16 +0000
committerAndy Dougherty <doughera.lafayette.edu>1995-12-21 00:01:16 +0000
commitcb1a09d0194fed9b905df7b04a4bc031d354609d (patch)
treef0c890a5a8f5274873421ac573dfc719188e5eec /pod/perlrun.pod
parent3712091946b37b5feabcc1f630b32639406ad717 (diff)
downloadperl-cb1a09d0194fed9b905df7b04a4bc031d354609d.tar.gz
This is patch.2b1g to perl5.002beta1.
cd to your perl source directory, and type patch -p1 -N < patch.2b1g This patch is just my packaging of Tom's documentation patches he released as patch.2b1g. Patch and enjoy, Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu Dept. of Physics Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042
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@@ -123,8 +123,9 @@ An alternate delimiter may be specified using B<-F>.
=item B<-c>
causes Perl to check the syntax of the script and then exit without
-executing it. Actually, it will execute C<BEGIN> and C<use> blocks,
-since these are considered part of the compilation.
+executing it. Actually, it I<will> execute C<BEGIN>, C<END>, and C<use> blocks,
+since these are considered as occurring outside the execution of
+your program.
=item B<-d>
@@ -329,8 +330,10 @@ will work under any of csh, sh or Perl, such as the following:
=item B<-T>
-forces "taint" checks to be turned on. Ordinarily these checks are
-done only when running setuid or setgid. See L<perlsec>.
+forces "taint" checks to be turned on so you can test them. Ordinarily these checks are
+done only when running setuid or setgid. It's a good idea to turn
+them on explicitly for programs run on another's behalf, such as CGI
+programs. See L<perlsec>.
=item B<-u>