=head1 SYNOPSIS
-B<perl> S<[ B<-sTuUWX> ]>
+B<perl> S<[ B<-CsTuUWX> ]>
S<[ B<-hv> ] [ B<-V>[:I<configvar>] ]>
S<[ B<-cw> ] [ B<-d>[:I<debugger>] ] [ B<-D>[I<number/list>] ]>
S<[ B<-pna> ] [ B<-F>I<pattern> ] [ B<-l>[I<octal>] ] [ B<-0>[I<octal>] ]>
=item Win95/NT
-The Win95/NT installation, when using the Activeware port of Perl,
+The Win95/NT installation, when using the ActiveState installer for Perl,
will modify the Registry to associate the F<.pl> extension with the perl
-interpreter. If you install another port of Perl, including the one
-in the Win32 directory of the Perl distribution, then you'll have to
-modify the Registry yourself. Note that this means you can no
-longer tell the difference between an executable Perl program
-and a Perl library file.
+interpreter. If you install Perl by other means (including building from
+the sources), you may have to modify the Registry yourself. Note that
+this means you can no longer tell the difference between an executable
+Perl program and a Perl library file.
=item Macintosh
An alternate delimiter may be specified using B<-F>.
+=item B<-C>
+
+enables Perl to use the native wide character APIs on the target system.
+The magic variable C<${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}> reflects the state of
+this switch. See L<perlvar/"${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}">.
+
+This feature is currently only implemented on the Win32 platform.
+
=item B<-c>
causes Perl to check the syntax of the program and then exit without
-executing it. Actually, it I<will> execute C<BEGIN>, C<END>, and C<use> blocks,
-because these are considered as occurring outside the execution of
-your program. C<INIT> blocks, however, will be skipped.
+executing it. Actually, it I<will> execute C<BEGIN>, C<CHECK>, and
+C<use> blocks, because these are considered as occurring outside the
+execution of your program. C<INIT> and C<END> blocks, however, will
+be skipped.
=item B<-d>
line after the program name but before any filename arguments (or before
a B<-->). Any switch found there is removed from @ARGV and sets the
corresponding variable in the Perl program. The following program
-prints "true" if and only if the program is invoked with a B<-xyz> switch.
+prints "1" if the program is invoked with a B<-xyz> switch, and "abc"
+if it is invoked with B<-xyz=abc>.
#!/usr/bin/perl -s
- if ($xyz) { print "true\n" }
+ if ($xyz) { print "$xyz\n" }
=item B<-S>
C<__WARN__> hooks, as described in L<perlvar> and L<perlfunc/warn>.
See also L<perldiag> and L<perltrap>. A new, fine-grained warning
facility is also available if you want to manipulate entire classes
-of warnings; see L<warning> (or better yet, its source code) about
-that.
+of warnings; see L<warnings> or L<perllexwarn>.
=item B<-W>
-Enables all warnings regardless of
+Enables all warnings regardless of C<no warnings> or C<$^W>.
See L<perllexwarn>.
=item B<-X>
-Disables all warnings regardless of
+Disables all warnings regardless of C<use warnings> or C<$^W>.
See L<perllexwarn>.
=item B<-x> I<directory>
A colon-separated list of directories in which to look for Perl library
files before looking in the standard library and the current
-directory. If PERL5LIB is not defined, PERLLIB is used. When running
-taint checks (because the program was running setuid or setgid, or the
-B<-T> switch was used), neither variable is used. The program should
-instead say
+directory. Any architecture-specific directories under the specified
+locations are automatically included if they exist. If PERL5LIB is not
+defined, PERLLIB is used.
+
+When running taint checks (either because the program was running setuid
+or setgid, or the B<-T> switch was used), neither variable is used.
+The program should instead say:
use lib "/my/directory";