(Retracted by #10042)

Subject: Re: [ID 20010506.040] Infinite loop in lib/selfstubber.t under Cygwin
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p4raw-id: //depot/perl@10031

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 1feb80a..d542754 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -5421,6 +5421,11 @@ the B<-U> flag is supplied to Perl.  Even if these conditions are
 met, be warned that unlinking a directory can inflict damage on your
 filesystem.  Use C<rmdir> instead.
 
+Note: on filesystems that support multiple versions of a file,
+such as VMS, each version counts as a separate file: on such a
+platform, C<unlink "filename"> will generally delete only the last
+version of the file.  See L<perlvms/unlink LIST> for more information.
+
 If LIST is omitted, uses C<$_>.
 
 =item unpack TEMPLATE,EXPR