Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pd] Re: truncate needs seek on filehandle

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diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 0646de6..4184c8e 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -6508,6 +6508,9 @@ otherwise.
 The behavior is undefined if LENGTH is greater than the length of the
 file.
 
+The position in the file of FILEHANDLE is left unchanged.  You may want to
+call L<seek> before writing to the file.
+
 =item uc EXPR
 X<uc> X<uppercase> X<toupper>