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| author | Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> | 2000-11-12 20:03:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2000-11-12 21:37:06 +0000 |
| commit | fc579abb50bda64a4721be2bed2fbeeadee67a75 (patch) | |
| tree | 11dd4d2477cebc02f10c1ff33e0322db55e04585 /pod | |
| parent | 40854a64c936d6d1c2def4c737a9ef47318d2ee5 (diff) | |
| download | perl-fc579abb50bda64a4721be2bed2fbeeadee67a75.tar.gz | |
[ID 20001112.004] man perlfunc omits tell()'s error return
Message-Id: <E13v3LV-0008Pd-00@Bagpuss.unfortu.net>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7658
Diffstat (limited to 'pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlfunc.pod | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 558ae4edd1..b469014539 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -5068,9 +5068,9 @@ case the SCALAR is empty you can use OFFSET but only zero offset. =item tell -Returns the current position for FILEHANDLE. FILEHANDLE may be an -expression whose value gives the name of the actual filehandle. If -FILEHANDLE is omitted, assumes the file last read. +Returns the current position for FILEHANDLE, or -1 on error. FILEHANDLE +may be an expression whose value gives the name of the actual filehandle. +If FILEHANDLE is omitted, assumes the file last read. There is no C<systell> function. Use C<sysseek(FH, 0, 1)> for that. |