The perlfaq comes with the standard Perl distribution, so if you have Perl
you should have the perlfaq. You should also have the C<perldoc> tool
-that let's you read the L<perlfaq>:
+that lets you read the L<perlfaq>:
$ perldoc perlfaq
of the latest perlfaq to comp.lang.perl.misc.
You can view the source tree at
-https://svn.perl.org/modules/perlfaq/trunk/ (which is outside of the
-main Perl source tree). The SVN repository notes all changes to the FAQ
+https://github.com/briandfoy/perlfaq (which is outside of the
+main Perl source tree). The git repository notes all changes to the FAQ
and holds the latest version of the working documents and may vary
significantly from the version distributed with the latest version of
Perl. Check the repository before sending your corrections.
answers. If you'd like to help review and update the answers, check out
comp.lang.perl.misc.
+You can also fork the git repository for the perlfaq and send a pull
+request so the main repository can pull your changes. The repository
+is at:
+
+ https://github.com/briandfoy/perlfaq
+
=head2 What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the authors?
The perlfaq-workers like to keep all traffic on the perlfaq-workers list
=head1 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-Tom Christiansen wrote the original version of this document.
+Copyright (c) 1997-2009 Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington, and
+other authors as noted. All rights reserved.
+
+Tom Christainsen wrote the original version of this document.
brian d foy C<< <bdfoy@cpan.org> >> wrote this version. See the
individual perlfaq documents for additional copyright information.
This document is available under the same terms as Perl itself. Code
examples in all the perlfaq documents are in the public domain. Use
-them as you see fit (and at your own risk with no warranty from anyone).
+them as you see fit and at your own risk with no warranty from anyone.
=head1 Table of Contents
=item *
+How do I merge two hashes?
+
+=item *
+
What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over it?
=item *
Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
+=item *
+
+How do I traverse a directory tree?
+
+=item *
+
+How do I delete a directory tree?
+
+=item *
+
+How do I copy an entire directory?
+
=back
=item *
+How do I match XML, HTML, or other nasty, ugly things with a regex?
+
+=item *
+
I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
=item *
=item *
-How can I find out my current package?
+How can I find out my current or calling package?
=item *