From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 10:13:36 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: [win32] merge change#687 from maintbranch
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[win32] merge change#687 from maintbranch

p4raw-link: @687 on //depot/maint-5.004/perl: c022640ffe6c81652bbb39f7fbd4cdcea8d5aae0

p4raw-id: //depot/win32/perl@929
---

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 17ede1a..7ddb710 100644
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -1076,6 +1076,8 @@ in case 6.
 
 =item exec LIST
 
+=item exec PROGRAM LIST
+
 The exec() function executes a system command I<AND NEVER RETURNS> -
 use system() instead of exec() if you want it to return. It fails and
 returns FALSE only if the command does not exist I<and> it is executed
@@ -3564,6 +3566,8 @@ the new position.
 
 =item system LIST
 
+=item system PROGRAM LIST
+
 Does exactly the same thing as "exec LIST" except that a fork is done
 first, and the parent process waits for the child process to complete.
 Note that argument processing varies depending on the number of
@@ -3573,6 +3577,9 @@ returned by the wait() call.  To get the actual exit value divide by
 the output from a command, for that you should use merely backticks or
 qx//, as described in L<perlop/"`STRING`">.
 
+Like exec(), system() allows you to lie to a program about its name if
+you use the "system PROGRAM LIST" syntax.  Again, see L</exec>.
+
 Because system() and backticks block SIGINT and SIGQUIT, killing the
 program they're running doesn't actually interrupt your program.