tests, doc tweak (from Gisle Aas)

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perlopentut.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlopentut.pod b/pod/perlopentut.pod
index dbb3a0b..cc9cf63 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlopentut.pod
+++ b/pod/perlopentut.pod
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ special way.  If you open minus for reading, it really means to access
 the standard input.  If you open minus for writing, it really means to
 access the standard output.
 
-If minus can be used as the default input or default output?  What happens
+If minus can be used as the default input or default output, what happens
 if you open a pipe into or out of minus?  What's the default command it
-would run?  The same script as you're current running!  This is actually
+would run?  The same script as you're currently running!  This is actually
 a stealth C<fork> hidden inside an C<open> call.  See L<perlipc/"Safe Pipe
 Opens"> for details.
 
@@ -303,11 +303,13 @@ from the Fcntl module, which supplies the following standard flags:
     O_TRUNC             Truncate the file
     O_NONBLOCK          Non-blocking access
 
-Less common flags that are sometimes available on some operating systems
-include C<O_BINARY>, C<O_TEXT>, C<O_SHLOCK>, C<O_EXLOCK>, C<O_DEFER>,
-C<O_SYNC>, C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DSYNC>, C<O_RSYNC>, C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NDELAY>
-and C<O_LARGEFILE>.  Consult your open(2) manpage or its local equivalent
-for details.
+Less common flags that are sometimes available on some operating
+systems include C<O_BINARY>, C<O_TEXT>, C<O_SHLOCK>, C<O_EXLOCK>,
+C<O_DEFER>, C<O_SYNC>, C<O_ASYNC>, C<O_DSYNC>, C<O_RSYNC>,
+C<O_NOCTTY>, C<O_NDELAY> and C<O_LARGEFILE>.  Consult your open(2)
+manpage or its local equivalent for details.  (Note: starting from
+Perl release 5.6 the O_LARGEFILE flag, if available, is automatically
+added to the sysopen() flags because large files are the the default.)
 
 Here's how to use C<sysopen> to emulate the simple C<open> calls we had
 before.  We'll omit the C<|| die $!> checks for clarity, but make sure
@@ -494,7 +496,7 @@ to mean standard input, per the standard convention.
 You've probably noticed how Perl's C<warn> and C<die> functions can
 produce messages like:
 
-    Some warning at scriptname line 29, <FH> chunk 7.
+    Some warning at scriptname line 29, <FH> line 7.
 
 That's because you opened a filehandle FH, and had read in seven records
 from it.  But what was the name of the file, not the handle?
@@ -510,7 +512,7 @@ temporarily, then all you have to do is this:
 Since you're using the pathname of the file as its handle,
 you'll get warnings more like
 
-    Some warning at scriptname line 29, </etc/motd> chunk 7.
+    Some warning at scriptname line 29, </etc/motd> line 7.
 
 =head2 Single Argument Open