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diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod index c2946c4940..c754333040 100644 --- a/pod/perldiag.pod +++ b/pod/perldiag.pod @@ -1106,16 +1106,6 @@ and so on) and not for Unicode characters, so Perl behaved as if you meant If you actually want to pack Unicode codepoints, use the C<"U"> format instead. -=item chmod() mode argument is missing initial 0 - -(W chmod) A novice will sometimes say - - chmod 777, $filename - -not realizing that 777 will be interpreted as a decimal number, -equivalent to 01411. Octal constants are introduced with a leading 0 in -Perl, as in C. - =item close() on unopened filehandle %s (W unopened) You tried to close a filehandle that was never opened. @@ -1247,6 +1237,12 @@ it compiled correctly and ran its initialization code correctly. It's traditional to end such a file with a "1;", though any true value would do. See L<perlfunc/require>. +=item (Did you mean 0%d instead?) + +(W octmode) The mode argument to chmod, mkdir, and umask is usually +given in octal (octal constants start with a 0, as in C). Did you really +mean to use a non-octal number? + =item (Did you mean &%s instead?) (W) You probably referred to an imported subroutine &FOO as $FOO or some @@ -2207,6 +2203,12 @@ not know about the field name. The field names are looked up in the not recognized. Say C<kill -l> in your shell to see the valid signal names on your system. +=item Non-octal literal mode (%d) specified + +(W octmode) The mode argument to chmod, mkdir, and umask is usually +given in octal (octal constants start with a 0, as in C). Did you really +mean to use a non-octal number? + =item Not a CODE reference (F) Perl was trying to evaluate a reference to a code value (that is, a @@ -3497,11 +3499,6 @@ certain type. Arrays must be @NAME or C<@{EXPR}>. Hashes must be %NAME or C<%{EXPR}>. No implicit dereferencing is allowed--use the {EXPR} forms as an explicit dereference. See L<perlref>. -=item umask: argument is missing initial 0 - -(W umask) A umask of 222 is incorrect. It should be 0222, because octal -literals always start with 0 in Perl, as in C. - =item umask not implemented (F) Your machine doesn't implement the umask function and you tried to |