;# ctime.pl is a simple Perl emulation for the well known ctime(3C) function.
+#
+# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
+# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
+# This legacy library is deprecated and will be removed in a future
+# release of perl.
+#
+# In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
+# programming techniques.
+#
+# Suggested alternative: the POSIX ctime function
+
+warn( "The 'ctime.pl' legacy library is deprecated and will be"
+ . " removed in the next major release of perl. Please use the"
+ . " POSIX module (ctime function) instead." );
+
;#
;# Waldemar Kebsch, Federal Republic of Germany, November 1988
;# kebsch.pad@nixpbe.UUCP