Doc tweak from Wolfgang Laun.

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / lib / File / Copy.pm

diff --git a/lib/File/Copy.pm b/lib/File/Copy.pm
index be184a6..31fad2a 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/File/Copy.pm
+++ b/lib/File/Copy.pm
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ sub copy {
 
     if ($Config{d_symlink} && $Config{d_readlink} &&
        !($^O eq 'Win32' || $^O eq 'os2' || $^O eq 'vms')) {
+       no warnings 'io'; # don't warn if -l on filehandle
        if ((-e $from && -l $from) || (-e $to && -l $to)) {
            my @fs = stat($from);
            my @ts = stat($to);
@@ -332,9 +333,10 @@ File::Copy also provides the C<syscopy> routine, which copies the
 file specified in the first parameter to the file specified in the
 second parameter, preserving OS-specific attributes and file
 structure.  For Unix systems, this is equivalent to the simple
-C<copy> routine.  For VMS systems, this calls the C<rmscopy>
-routine (see below).  For OS/2 systems, this calls the C<syscopy>
-XSUB directly. For Win32 systems, this calls C<Win32::CopyFile>.
+C<copy> routine, which doesn't preserve OS-specific attributes.  For
+VMS systems, this calls the C<rmscopy> routine (see below).  For OS/2
+systems, this calls the C<syscopy> XSUB directly. For Win32 systems,
+this calls C<Win32::CopyFile>.
 
 =head2 Special behaviour if C<syscopy> is defined (OS/2, VMS and Win32)