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diff --git a/pod/perlvms.pod b/pod/perlvms.pod index 17175db3bd..fe2b5d825c 100644 --- a/pod/perlvms.pod +++ b/pod/perlvms.pod @@ -265,14 +265,14 @@ created by an older version of an archive utility or a build utility such as MMK or MMS may generate a filename in all upper case even on an ODS-5 volume. If this filename is later retrieved by a Perl script or module in a case preserving environment, that upper case name may not -match the mixed-case or lower-case expections of the Perl code. Your +match the mixed-case or lower-case exceptions of the Perl code. Your best bet is to follow an all-or-nothing approach to case preservation: either don't use it at all, or make sure your entire toolchain and application environment support and use it. OpenVMS Alpha v7.3-1 and later and all version of OpenVMS I64 support case sensitivity as a process setting (see C<SET PROCESS -/CASE_LOOKUP=SENSITIVE>). Perl does not currently suppport case +/CASE_LOOKUP=SENSITIVE>). Perl does not currently support case sensitivity on VMS, but it may in the future, so Perl programs should use the C<< File::Spec->case_tolerant >> method to determine the state, and not the C<$^O> variable. @@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ consequence of ignoring this advice will be undefined to allow future improvements in the POSIX exit handling. In general, with C<PERL_VMS_POSIX_EXIT> enabled, more detailed information -will be availble in the exit status for DCL scripts or other native VMS tools, +will be available in the exit status for DCL scripts or other native VMS tools, and will give the expected information for Posix programs. It has not been made the default in order to preserve backward compatibility. |