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--- a/pod/perlfaq8.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq8.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.39 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 18:37:57 $)
+perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2001/11/09 08:06:04 $)
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ of code just because you're afraid of a little $| variable:
     DEV->autoflush(1);
 
 As mentioned in the previous item, this still doesn't work when using
-socket I/O between Unix and Macintosh.  You'll need to hardcode your
+socket I/O between Unix and Macintosh.  You'll need to hard code your
 line terminators, in that case.
 
 =item non-blocking input
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ go bump in the night, finally came up with this:
        # been opened on a pipe...
        system("/bin/stty $stty");
        $_ = <MODEM_IN>;
-       chop;
+       chomp;
        if ( !m/^Connected/ ) {
            print STDERR "$0: cu printed `$_' instead of `Connected'\n";
        }
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ program.  (There is no way to set the time and date on a per-process
 basis.)  This mechanism will work for Unix, MS-DOS, Windows, and NT;
 the VMS equivalent is C<set time>.
 
-However, if all you want to do is change your timezone, you can
+However, if all you want to do is change your time zone, you can
 probably get away with setting an environment variable:
 
     $ENV{TZ} = "MST7MDT";                 # unixish
@@ -447,12 +447,14 @@ probably get away with setting an environment variable:
 If you want finer granularity than the 1 second that the sleep()
 function provides, the easiest way is to use the select() function as
 documented in L<perlfunc/"select">.  Try the Time::HiRes and
-the BSD::Itimer modules (available from CPAN).
+the BSD::Itimer modules (available from CPAN, and starting from
+Perl 5.8 Time::HiRes is part of the standard distribution).
 
 =head2 How can I measure time under a second?
 
 In general, you may not be able to.  The Time::HiRes module (available
-from CPAN) provides this functionality for some systems.
+from CPAN, and starting from Perl 5.8 part of the standard distribution)
+provides this functionality for some systems.
 
 If your system supports both the syscall() function in Perl as well as
 a system call like gettimeofday(2), then you may be able to do
@@ -633,7 +635,7 @@ STDOUT).
 Note that you I<must> use Bourne shell (sh(1)) redirection syntax in
 backticks, not csh(1)!  Details on why Perl's system() and backtick
 and pipe opens all use the Bourne shell are in
-http://www.perl.com/CPAN/doc/FMTEYEWTK/versus/csh.whynot .
+http://www.cpan.org/doc/FMTEYEWTK/versus/csh.whynot .
 To capture a command's STDERR and STDOUT together:
 
     $output = `cmd 2>&1`;                       # either with backticks
@@ -809,7 +811,7 @@ causes many inefficiencies.
 =head2 Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
 
 Try the Net::FTP, TCP::Client, and Net::Telnet modules (available from
-CPAN).  http://www.perl.com/CPAN/scripts/netstuff/telnet.emul.shar
+CPAN).  http://www.cpan.org/scripts/netstuff/telnet.emul.shar
 will also help for emulating the telnet protocol, but Net::Telnet is
 quite probably easier to use..
 
@@ -951,9 +953,8 @@ in L<perlfunc/fork>.
 =head2 How do I use an SQL database?
 
 There are a number of excellent interfaces to SQL databases.  See the
-DBD::* modules available from http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/DBD .
-A lot of information on this can be found at 
-http://www.symbolstone.org/technology/perl/DBI/
+DBD::* modules available from http://www.cpan.org/modules/DBD .
+A lot of information on this can be found at http://dbi.perl.org/
 
 =head2 How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
 
@@ -1089,12 +1090,8 @@ but other times it is not.  Modern programs C<use Socket;> instead.
 Copyright (c) 1997-1999 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.
+This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the same terms as Perl itself.
 
 Irrespective of its distribution, all code examples in this file
 are hereby placed into the public domain.  You are permitted and