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diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod index eb5757eb97..a94c414403 100644 --- a/pod/perlport.pod +++ b/pod/perlport.pod @@ -2016,6 +2016,11 @@ meaningful and will differ between stat calls on the same file. (os2) some versions of cygwin when doing a stat("foo") and if not finding it may then attempt to stat("foo.exe") (Cygwin) +On Win32 stat() needs to open the file to determine the link count +and update attributes that may have been changed through hard links. +Setting ${^WIN32_SLOPPY_STAT} to a true value speeds up stat() by +not performing this operation. (Win32) + =item symlink Not implemented. (Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>) |