Spread the good word of "env".

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@14060

diff --git a/pod/perlhack.pod b/pod/perlhack.pod
index 4efe90b..c93e230 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlhack.pod
+++ b/pod/perlhack.pod
@@ -1891,6 +1891,15 @@ If you plan to use the "Viewer" windows, then you only need this option:
 
     setenv PURIFYOPTIONS "-chain-length=25"
 
+In Bourne-type shells:
+
+    PURIFY_OPTIONS="..."
+    export PURIFY_OPTIONS
+
+or if you have the "env" utility:
+
+    env PURIFY_OPTIONS="..." ../pureperl ...
+
 =head2 Purify on NT
 
 Purify on Windows NT instruments the Perl binary 'perl.exe'

diff --git a/pod/perllocale.pod b/pod/perllocale.pod
index 7864add..43ffe58 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perllocale.pod
+++ b/pod/perllocale.pod
@@ -310,6 +310,10 @@ locale "En_US"--and in Cshish shells (B<csh>, B<tcsh>)
 
        setenv LC_ALL en_US.ISO8859-1
 
+or if you have the "env" application you can do in any shell
+
+       env LC_ALL=en_US.ISO8859-1 perl ...
+
 If you do not know what shell you have, consult your local
 helpdesk or the equivalent.
 

diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod
index 138e344..7326d27 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlrun.pod
+++ b/pod/perlrun.pod
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@ If you're just trying to get a print out of each line of Perl code
 as it executes, the way that C<sh -x> provides for shell scripts,
 you can't use Perl's B<-D> switch.  Instead do this 
 
+  # If you have "env" utility
+  env=PERLDB_OPTS="NonStop=1 AutoTrace=1 frame=2" perl -dS program
+
   # Bourne shell syntax
   $ PERLDB_OPTS="NonStop=1 AutoTrace=1 frame=2" perl -dS program