Document that $0 is set to "-e" when perl is run with -e or -E

diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod
index 68573e3..d61fad6 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlvar.pod
+++ b/pod/perlvar.pod
@@ -1021,6 +1021,9 @@ to ps(1) (assuming the operating system plays along).  Note that
 the view of C<$0> the other threads have will not change since they
 have their own copies of it.
 
+If the program has been given to perl via the switches C<-e> or C<-E>,
+C<$0> will contain the string C<"-e">.
+
 =item $[
 X<$[>