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diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod
index afcad4d..f8fb1fe 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlport.pod
+++ b/pod/perlport.pod
@@ -1259,7 +1259,8 @@ names, because the VOS port of Perl interprets it as a pathname
 delimiting character, VOS files, directories, or links whose names
 contain a slash character cannot be processed.  Such files must be
 renamed before they can be processed by Perl.  Note that VOS limits
-file names to 32 or fewer characters.
+file names to 32 or fewer characters, file names cannot start with a
+C<-> character, or contain any character matching C<< tr/ !%&'()*+;<>?// >>
 
 The value of C<$^O> on VOS is "VOS".  To determine the architecture that
 you are running on without resorting to loading all of C<%Config> you
@@ -1580,6 +1581,11 @@ C<-r>, C<-w>, and C<-x> have a limited meaning only; directories
 and applications are executable, and there are no uid/gid
 considerations.  C<-o> is not supported.  (S<Mac OS>)
 
+C<-w> only inspects the read-only file attribute (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY),
+which determines whether the directory can be deleted, not whether it can
+be written to. Directories always have read and write access unless denied
+by discretionary access control lists (DACLs).  (S<Win32>)
+
 C<-r>, C<-w>, C<-x>, and C<-o> tell whether the file is accessible,
 which may not reflect UIC-based file protections.  (VMS)
 
@@ -2004,7 +2010,7 @@ be implemented even in UNIX platforms.
 
 =item socketpair
 
-Not implemented. (Win32, S<RISC OS>, VOS, VM/ESA)
+Not implemented. (S<RISC OS>, VOS, VM/ESA)
 
 Available on 64 bit OpenVMS 8.2 and later.  (VMS)