mention the C<$SIG{CHLD} = 'IGNORE'> special case

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diff --git a/pod/perlfaq5.pod b/pod/perlfaq5.pod
index 41c46a3..98e706a 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfaq5.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq5.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.22 $, $Date: 1997/04/24 22:44:02 $)
+perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.24 $, $Date: 1998/07/05 15:07:20 $)
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -288,6 +288,10 @@ pair to make it easy to sort the hash in insertion order.
         print "$name $. $line";
     }
 
+For passing filehandles to functions, the easiest way is to 
+prefer them with a star, as in func(*STDIN).  See L<perlfaq7/"Passing
+Filehandles"> for details.
+
 If you want to create many, anonymous handles, you should check out the
 Symbol, FileHandle, or IO::Handle (etc.) modules.  Here's the equivalent
 code with Symbol::gensym, which is reasonably light-weight:
@@ -710,7 +714,8 @@ into human-readable form.
 Here's an example:
 
     $write_secs = (stat($file))[9];
-    print "file $file updated at ", scalar(localtime($file)), "\n";
+    printf "file %s updated at %s\n", $file,
+       scalar localtime($write_secs);
 
 If you prefer something more legible, use the File::stat module
 (part of the standard distribution in version 5.004 and later):
@@ -1057,15 +1062,13 @@ request if you doubt its correctness.
 Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.
 All rights reserved.
 
-When included as part of the Standard Version of Perl, or as part of
-its complete documentation whether printed or otherwise, this work
-may be distributed only under the terms of Perl's Artistic License.
-Any distribution of this file or derivatives thereof I<outside>
-of that package require that special arrangements be made with
-copyright holder.
-
-Irrespective of its distribution, all code examples in this file
-are hereby placed into the public domain.  You are permitted and
-encouraged to use this code in your own programs for fun
-or for profit as you see fit.  A simple comment in the code giving
-credit would be courteous but is not required.
+When included as an integrated part of the Standard Distribution
+of Perl or of its documentation (printed or otherwise), this works is
+covered under Perl's Artistic Licence.  For separate distributions of
+all or part of this FAQ outside of that, see L<perlfaq>.
+
+Irrespective of its distribution, all code examples here are public
+domain.  You are permitted and encouraged to use this code and any
+derivatives thereof in your own programs for fun or for profit as you
+see fit.  A simple comment in the code giving credit to the FAQ would
+be courteous but is not required.