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

diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod
index de2d855..e80f41e 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlport.pod
+++ b/pod/perlport.pod
@@ -675,6 +675,15 @@ DOSish perls are as follows:
     Windows NT    MSWin32    MSWin32-ppc
     Cygwin        cygwin
 
+The various MSWin32 Perl's can distinguish the OS they are running on
+via the value of the fifth element of the list returned from 
+Win32::GetOSVersion().  For example:
+
+    if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
+        my @os_version_info = Win32::GetOSVersion();
+        print +('3.1','95','NT')[$os_version_info[4]],"\n";
+    }
+
 Also see:
 
 =over 4
@@ -711,10 +720,11 @@ as L<perlcygwin>), http://www.cygwin.com/
 =item *
 
 The U/WIN environment for Win32,
-<http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/
+http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/
 
-=item Build instructions for OS/2, L<perlos2>
+=item *
 
+Build instructions for OS/2, L<perlos2>
 
 =back
 
@@ -1225,7 +1235,7 @@ Be OS, F<README.beos>
 =item *
 
 HP 300 MPE/iX, F<README.mpeix> and Mark Bixby's web page
-http://www.cccd.edu/~markb/perlix.html
+http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html
 
 =item *
 
@@ -1655,6 +1665,11 @@ Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Plan9)
 
 Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>, VOS)
 
+=item sockatmark SOCKET
+
+A relatively recent addition to socket functions, may not
+be implemented even in UNIX platforms.
+
 =item socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL
 
 Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>, VOS, VM/ESA)