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authorDavid Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>2013-05-23 16:58:20 -0400
committerDavid Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>2013-05-23 20:11:25 -0400
commit1dcc3c19f1c031cf741527de0a2b2e4c178e9f04 (patch)
tree6671dfcff6b3069b962df3215750bb566dafac35 /README.os2
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downloadperl-1dcc3c19f1c031cf741527de0a2b2e4c178e9f04.tar.gz
fix various Pod line length warnings
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@@ -404,11 +404,12 @@ there is an executable file F<blah.exe> I<anywhere> on C<PATH>. In
other words, C<PATH> is essentially searched twice: once by the OS for
an executable, then by Perl for scripts.
-Note also that executable files on OS/2 can have an arbitrary extension,
-but F<.exe> will be automatically appended if no dot is present in the name.
-The workaround is as simple as that: since F<blah.> and F<blah> denote the
-same file (at list on FAT and HPFS file systems), to start an executable residing in file F<n:/bin/blah> (no
-extension) give an argument C<n:/bin/blah.> (dot appended) to system().
+Note also that executable files on OS/2 can have an arbitrary extension, but
+F<.exe> will be automatically appended if no dot is present in the name. The
+workaround is as simple as that: since F<blah.> and F<blah> denote the same
+file (at list on FAT and HPFS file systems), to start an executable residing in
+file F<n:/bin/blah> (no extension) give an argument C<n:/bin/blah.> (dot
+appended) to system().
Perl will start PM programs from VIO (=text-mode) Perl process in a
separate PM session;
@@ -1409,7 +1410,8 @@ For best results compile the C file below with the same options as the Perl
DLL. However, a lot of functionality will work even if the executable is not
an EMX applications, e.g., if compiled with
- gcc -Wall -DDOSISH -DOS2=1 -O2 -s -Zomf -Zsys perl-starter.c -DPERL_DLL_BASENAME=\"perl312F\" -Zstack 8192 -Zlinker /PM:VIO
+ gcc -Wall -DDOSISH -DOS2=1 -O2 -s -Zomf -Zsys perl-starter.c \
+ -DPERL_DLL_BASENAME=\"perl312F\" -Zstack 8192 -Zlinker /PM:VIO
Here is the sample C file: