perl-5.004.tar.gz

PLAN9/PERLPLAN9(1) (perl 5.003, patch 05) PLAN9/PERLPLAN9(1)

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perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl

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These are a few notes describing features peculiar to Plan 9

Perl. As such, it is not intended to be a replacement for

the rest of the Perl 5 documentation (which is both copious

_#p_#e_#r_#l manpage. Most perl scripts, however, do have a first

line such as "#!/usr/local/bin/perl". This is known as a

shebang (shell-bang) statement and tells the OS shell where

to find the perl interpreter. In Plan 9 Perl this statement

should be "#!/bin/perl" if you wish to be able to directly

invoke the script by its name.

Alternatively, you may invoke perl with the command

"Perl" instead of "perl". This will produce Acme-friendly

error messages of the form "filename:18".

Some scripts, usually identified with a *.PL extension, are

loading, it is built with a number of useful extensions.

These include Opcode, FileHandle, Fcntl, and POSIX. Expect

to see others (and DynaLoading!) in the future.

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As mentioned previously, dynamic loading isn't currently

available nor is MakeMaker. Both are high-priority items.

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future.

The functions not currently implemented include:

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