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@@ -1198,6 +1198,19 @@ related to the B<-w> switch.) See also L<warnings>.
The current set of warning checks enabled by the C<use warnings> pragma.
See the documentation of C<warnings> for more details.
+=item ${^WIN32_SLOPPY_STAT}
+
+If this variable is set to a true value, then stat() on Windows will
+not try to open the file. This means that the link count cannot be
+determined and file attributes may be out of date if additional
+hardlinks to the file exist. On the other hand, not opening the file
+is considerably faster, especially for files on network drives.
+
+This variable could be set in the F<sitecustomize.pl> file to
+configure the local Perl installation to use "sloppy" stat() by
+default. See L<perlrun> for more information about site
+customization.
+
=item $EXECUTABLE_NAME
=item $^X