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diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod
index a0c85b9..6ea5a1d 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlrun.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrun.pod
@@ -129,6 +129,21 @@ and a Perl library file.
 Macintosh perl scripts will have the appropriate Creator and
 Type, so that double-clicking them will invoke the perl application.
 
+=item VMS
+
+Put
+
+    $ perl -mysw 'f$env("procedure")' 'p1' 'p2' 'p3' 'p4' 'p5' 'p6' 'p7' 'p8' !
+    $ exit++ + ++$status != 0 and $exit = $status = undef;
+
+at the top of your script, where C<-mysw> are any command line switches you
+want to pass to Perl.  You can now invoke the script directly, by saying
+C<perl script>, or as a DCL procedure, by saying C<@script> (or implicitly
+via F<DCL$PATH> by just using the name of the script).
+
+This incantation is a bit much to remember, but Perl will display it for
+you if you say C<perl "-V:startperl">.
+
 =back
 
 Command-interpreters on non-Unix systems have rather different ideas