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diff --git a/vms/perlvms.pod b/vms/perlvms.pod index f15bd77cfe..b56d202a7b 100644 --- a/vms/perlvms.pod +++ b/vms/perlvms.pod @@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ directory specifications may use either VMS or Unix syntax. Perl for VMS supports redirection of input and output on the command line, using a subset of Bourne shell syntax: + <F<file> reads stdin from F<file>, >F<file> writes stdout to F<file>, >>F<file> appends stdout to F<file>, @@ -261,6 +262,8 @@ to pass uppercase switches to Perl, you need to enclose them in double-quotes on the command line, since the CRTL downcases all unquoted strings. +=over 4 + =item -i If the C<-i> switch is present but no extension for a backup @@ -286,6 +289,8 @@ The C<-u> switch causes the VMS debugger to be invoked after the Perl program is compiled, but before it has run. It does not create a core dump file. +=back + =head1 Perl functions As of the time this document was last revised, the following @@ -337,6 +342,7 @@ your copy of Perl: getsockopt, listen, recv, select(system call)*, send, setsockopt, shutdown, socket +=over 4 =item File tests @@ -605,8 +611,17 @@ and you invoked Perl with the C<-w> switch, a warning will be issued.) The FLAGS argument is ignored in all cases. +=back + =head1 Perl variables +The following VMS-specific information applies to the indicated +"special" Perl variables, in addition to the general information +in L<perlvar>. Where there is a conflict, this infrmation +takes precedence. + +=over 4 + =item %ENV Reading the elements of the %ENV array returns the @@ -699,6 +714,8 @@ all the way to disk on each write (I<i.e.> not just to the underlying RMS buffers for a file). In other words, it's equivalent to calling fflush() and fsync() from C. +=back + =head1 Revision date This document was last updated on 28-Feb-1996, for Perl 5, |