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| author | Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> | 2001-08-23 00:29:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com> | 2001-08-25 14:52:33 +0000 |
| commit | e940ddbba91304b2a80fdaa904f5b12c22b13e0a (patch) | |
| tree | 85c91ca3396fe501cdf9e4b4a81c05766f2a48ff /pod | |
| parent | c5cf9ec268be725ef943af3a8c93c6ce5c5492de (diff) | |
| download | perl-e940ddbba91304b2a80fdaa904f5b12c22b13e0a.tar.gz | |
(was Re: PerlIO regerssion tests?)
Message-Id: <20010822232906.Z82818@plum.flirble.org>
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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlfunc.pod | 5 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index b4c37112c7..951fadab52 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -450,13 +450,12 @@ on systems where the run-time libraries distinguish between binary and text files. If FILEHANDLE is an expression, the value is taken as the name of the filehandle. DISCIPLINE can be either of C<":raw"> for binary mode or C<":crlf"> for "text" mode. If the DISCIPLINE is -omitted, it defaults to C<":raw">. +omitted, it defaults to C<":raw">. Returns true on success, C<undef> on +failure. binmode() should be called after open() but before any I/O is done on the filehandle. -On many systems binmode() currently has no effect, but in future, it -will be extended to support user-defined input and output disciplines. On some systems binmode() is necessary when you're not working with a text file. For the sake of portability it is a good idea to always use it when appropriate, and to never use it when it isn't appropriate. |