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diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod index e9a902e38d..b0e2cf319f 100644 --- a/pod/perlvar.pod +++ b/pod/perlvar.pod @@ -427,12 +427,16 @@ operator. (Mnemonic: What just went bang?) =item $^E More specific information about the last system error than that -provided by C<$!>, if available. (If not, it's just C<$!> again.) -At the moment, this differs from C<$!> only under VMS, where it -provides the VMS status value from the last system error. The +provided by C<$!>, if available. (If not, it's just C<$!> again, except under +OS/2.) +At the moment, this differs from C<$!> only under VMS and OS/2, where it +provides the VMS status value from the last system error, and OS/2 error +code of the last call to OS/2 API which was not directed via CRT. The caveats mentioned in the description of C<$!> apply here, too. (Mnemonic: Extra error explanation.) +Note that under OS/2 C<$!> and C<$^E> do not track each other, so if an +OS/2-specific call is performed, you may need to check both. =item $EVAL_ERROR |