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authorIlya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>1997-07-28 16:23:32 +1200
committerTim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>1997-09-05 00:00:00 +0000
commit0b166b6635cf199f072db516b2a523ee659394d5 (patch)
tree07b5203ceb675767e5220b43d9d15db7225a839a /utils
parent464ed3b648d262825ad1bfc5a2e55de2507fd651 (diff)
downloadperl-0b166b6635cf199f072db516b2a523ee659394d5.tar.gz
Perldoc tiny patch to avoid $0
Editing $0 may be not-so-portable. Enjoy, p5p-msgid: 199709122141.RAA16846@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu
Diffstat (limited to 'utils')
-rw-r--r--utils/perldoc.PL7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/utils/perldoc.PL b/utils/perldoc.PL
index 38ea9ee5ca..0f43c36c1b 100644
--- a/utils/perldoc.PL
+++ b/utils/perldoc.PL
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ print OUT <<'!NO!SUBS!';
# the perl manuals, though it too is written in perl.
if(@ARGV<1) {
- $0 =~ s,.*/,,;
+ $me = $0; # Editing $0 is unportable
+ $me =~ s,.*/,,;
die <<EOF;
-Usage: $0 [-h] [-v] [-t] [-u] [-m] [-l] PageName|ModuleName|ProgramName
- $0 -f PerlFunc
+Usage: $me [-h] [-v] [-t] [-u] [-m] [-l] PageName|ModuleName|ProgramName
+ $me -f PerlFunc
We suggest you use "perldoc perldoc" to get aquainted
with the system.