Document what the backtick returns if the command fails.

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

diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod
index 7f779c9..97bbd5e 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlport.pod
+++ b/pod/perlport.pod
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ The ActiveState Pages, http://www.activestate.com/
 =item *
 
 The Cygwin environment for Win32; F<README.cygwin> (installed 
-as L<perlcygwin>), http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/
+as L<perlcygwin>), http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/
 
 =item *
 
@@ -1640,6 +1640,10 @@ Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>, VOS, VM/ESA)
 
 =item stat
 
+Platforms that do not have rdev, blksize, or blocks will return these
+as '', so numeric comparison or manipulation of these fields may cause
+'not numeric' warnings.
+
 mtime and atime are the same thing, and ctime is creation time instead of
 inode change time. (S<Mac OS>)
 
@@ -1650,6 +1654,9 @@ device and inode are not necessarily reliable.  (VMS)
 mtime, atime and ctime all return the last modification time.  Device and
 inode are not necessarily reliable.  (S<RISC OS>)
 
+dev, rdev, blksize, and blocks are not available.  inode is not
+meaningful and will differ between stat calls on the same file.  (os2)
+
 =item symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE
 
 Not implemented. (Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>)
@@ -1746,7 +1753,7 @@ two seconds. (Win32)
 Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, VOS)
 
 Can only be applied to process handles returned for processes spawned
-using C<system(1, ...)>. (Win32)
+using C<system(1, ...)> or pseudo processes created with C<fork()>. (Win32)
 
 Not useful. (S<RISC OS>)