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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlrun.pod | 5 |
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diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod index 06649b815e..c10da01ba6 100644 --- a/pod/perlrun.pod +++ b/pod/perlrun.pod @@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ See L<perllexwarn>. =item B<-x> X<-x> -=item B<-x> I<directory> +=item B<-x>I<directory> tells Perl that the program is embedded in a larger chunk of unrelated ASCII text, such as in a mail message. Leading garbage will be @@ -980,6 +980,9 @@ C<__END__> if there is trailing garbage to be ignored (the program can process any or all of the trailing garbage via the DATA filehandle if desired). +The directory, if specified, must appear immedately following the B<-x> +with no intervening whitespace. + =back =head1 ENVIRONMENT |