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diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod index c4679e1def..de7116d939 100644 --- a/pod/perlrun.pod +++ b/pod/perlrun.pod @@ -567,6 +567,17 @@ The command used to load the debugger code. The default is: BEGIN { require 'perl5db.pl' } +=item PERL5SHELL (specific to WIN32 port) + +May be set to an alternative shell that perl must use internally for +executing "backtick" commands or system(). Perl doesn't use COMSPEC +for this purpose because COMSPEC has a high degree of variability +among users, leading to portability concerns. Besides, perl can use +a shell that may not be fit for interactive use, and setting COMSPEC +to such a shell may interfere with the proper functioning of other +programs (which usually look in COMSPEC to find a shell fit for +interactive use). + =item PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS Relevant only if your perl executable was built with B<-DDEBUGGING_MSTATS>, |