X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlfaq8.pod;h=bf5d7a6a6f761387ec8d472cf366d4fc8ed7616a;hb=f7686833794ab18a8c8729b0e836f6f14223ce97;hp=fa4ac446adc5e4a797ed10509c092d0367462c1d;hpb=83df6a1d65c0fba9c27c7fb715fa674b03462cf0;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlfaq8.pod b/pod/perlfaq8.pod index fa4ac44..bf5d7a6 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq8.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq8.pod @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ =head1 NAME -perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.39 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 18:37:57 $) +perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2001/11/09 08:06:04 $) =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ of code just because you're afraid of a little $| variable: DEV->autoflush(1); As mentioned in the previous item, this still doesn't work when using -socket I/O between Unix and Macintosh. You'll need to hardcode your +socket I/O between Unix and Macintosh. You'll need to hard code your line terminators, in that case. =item non-blocking input @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ program. (There is no way to set the time and date on a per-process basis.) This mechanism will work for Unix, MS-DOS, Windows, and NT; the VMS equivalent is C. -However, if all you want to do is change your timezone, you can +However, if all you want to do is change your time zone, you can probably get away with setting an environment variable: $ENV{TZ} = "MST7MDT"; # unixish @@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ STDOUT). Note that you I use Bourne shell (sh(1)) redirection syntax in backticks, not csh(1)! Details on why Perl's system() and backtick and pipe opens all use the Bourne shell are in -http://www.perl.com/CPAN/doc/FMTEYEWTK/versus/csh.whynot . +http://www.cpan.org/doc/FMTEYEWTK/versus/csh.whynot . To capture a command's STDERR and STDOUT together: $output = `cmd 2>&1`; # either with backticks @@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ causes many inefficiencies. =head2 Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session? Try the Net::FTP, TCP::Client, and Net::Telnet modules (available from -CPAN). http://www.perl.com/CPAN/scripts/netstuff/telnet.emul.shar +CPAN). http://www.cpan.org/scripts/netstuff/telnet.emul.shar will also help for emulating the telnet protocol, but Net::Telnet is quite probably easier to use.. @@ -953,9 +953,8 @@ in L. =head2 How do I use an SQL database? There are a number of excellent interfaces to SQL databases. See the -DBD::* modules available from http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/DBD . -A lot of information on this can be found at -http://www.symbolstone.org/technology/perl/DBI/ +DBD::* modules available from http://www.cpan.org/modules/DBD . +A lot of information on this can be found at http://dbi.perl.org/ =head2 How do I make a system() exit on control-C? @@ -1091,12 +1090,8 @@ but other times it is not. Modern programs C instead. Copyright (c) 1997-1999 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington. All rights reserved. -When included as part of the Standard Version of Perl, or as part of -its complete documentation whether printed or otherwise, this work -may be distributed only under the terms of Perl's Artistic License. -Any distribution of this file or derivatives thereof I -of that package require that special arrangements be made with -copyright holder. +This documentation is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +under the same terms as Perl itself. Irrespective of its distribution, all code examples in this file are hereby placed into the public domain. You are permitted and