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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod index 24db2956ae..e8a38cbf08 100644 --- a/pod/perlvar.pod +++ b/pod/perlvar.pod @@ -374,7 +374,8 @@ will read a record of no more than 32768 bytes from FILE. If you're not reading from a record-oriented file (or your OS doesn't have record-oriented files), then you'll likely get a full chunk of data with every read. If a record is larger than the record size you've -set, you'll get the record back in pieces. +set, you'll get the record back in pieces. Trying to set the record +size to zero or less will cause reading in the (rest of the) whole file. On VMS, record reads are done with the equivalent of C<sysread>, so it's best not to mix record and non-record reads on the same |