=item getenv
-Returns the value of the specified enironment variable.
+Returns the value of the specified environment variable.
The same information is available through the C<%ENV> array.
=item geteuid
=item getpgrp
This is identical to Perl's builtin C<getpgrp()> function for
-returning the prcess group identifier of the current process, see
+returning the process group identifier of the current process, see
L<perlfunc/getpgrp>.
=item getpid
if (mkfifo($path, $mode)) { ....
Returns C<undef> on failure. The C<$mode> is similar to the
-mode of C<mkdir()>, see L<perlfunc/mkdir>.
+mode of C<mkdir()>, see L<perlfunc/mkdir>, though for C<mkfifo>
+you B<must> specify the C<$mode>.
=item mktime
code if this is zero or less, the signal was sent by
a user process and the uid and pid make sense,
otherwise the signal was sent by the kernel
+
+The following are also defined by POSIX/SUSv3, but unfortunately
+not very widely implemented:
+
pid the process id generating the signal
uid the uid of the process id generating the signal
status exit value or signal for SIGCHLD
=item stat
This is identical to Perl's builtin C<stat()> function
-for retutning information about files and directories.
+for returning information about files and directories.
=item strcat
Obtain the attributes for stdin.
+ $termios->getattr( 0 ) # Recommended for clarity.
$termios->getattr()
Obtain the attributes for stdout.