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diff --git a/pod/perlopentut.pod b/pod/perlopentut.pod index fd32bd9f49..cc9cf63ff2 100644 --- a/pod/perlopentut.pod +++ b/pod/perlopentut.pod @@ -303,11 +303,13 @@ from the Fcntl module, which supplies the following standard flags: O_TRUNC Truncate the file O_NONBLOCK Non-blocking access -Less common flags that are sometimes available on some operating systems -include C<O_BINARY>, C<O_TEXT>, C<O_SHLOCK>, C<O_EXLOCK>, C<O_DEFER>, -C<O_SYNC>, C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DSYNC>, C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NDELAY> -and C<O_LARGEFILE>. Consult your open(2) manpage or its local equivalent -for details. +Less common flags that are sometimes available on some operating +systems include C<O_BINARY>, C<O_TEXT>, C<O_SHLOCK>, C<O_EXLOCK>, +C<O_DEFER>, C<O_SYNC>, C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DSYNC>, C<O_RSYNC>, +C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NDELAY> and C<O_LARGEFILE>. Consult your open(2) +manpage or its local equivalent for details. (Note: starting from +Perl release 5.6 the O_LARGEFILE flag, if available, is automatically +added to the sysopen() flags because large files are the the default.) Here's how to use C<sysopen> to emulate the simple C<open> calls we had before. We'll omit the C<|| die $!> checks for clarity, but make sure |