Change 18364 by jhi@lyta on 2002/12/29 14:54:43
Apply the doc patch from [perl #19343].
Affected files ...
... //depot/maint-5.8/perl/pod/perlfunc.pod#4 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/maint-5.8/perl/pod/perlfunc.pod#4 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlfunc.pod
--- perl/pod/perlfunc.pod#3~18129~ Sat Nov 9 13:20:02 2002
+++ perl/pod/perlfunc.pod Sun Dec 29 06:54:43 2002
@@ -2537,7 +2537,8 @@
Does the same thing as the C<stat> function (including setting the
special C<_> filehandle) but stats a symbolic link instead of the file
the symbolic link points to. If symbolic links are unimplemented on
-your system, a normal C<stat> is done.
+your system, a normal C<stat> is done. For much more detailed
+information, please see the documentation for L</stat>.
If EXPR is omitted, stats C<$_>.
@@ -5308,6 +5309,9 @@
See your native chmod(2) and stat(2) documentation for more details
about the S_* constants.
+
+To get status info for a symbolic link instead of the target file
+behind the link, use the C<lstat> function, see L</stat>.
=item study SCALAR
End of Patch.
