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Change 33760 by rgs@stcosmo on 2008/04/27 20:04:30 Subject: [PATCH] doc patch for perlrun -x From: Bram <p5p@perl.wizbit.be> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:13:36 +0200 Message-ID: <20080427211336.g8mvjusbcc4gwsk4@horde.wizbit.be> Affected files ... ... //depot/perl/pod/perlrun.pod#167 edit Differences ... ==== //depot/perl/pod/perlrun.pod#167 (text) ==== Index: perl/pod/perlrun.pod --- perl/pod/perlrun.pod#166~33376~ 2008-02-26 05:13:18.000000000 -0800 +++ perl/pod/perlrun.pod 2008-04-27 13:04:30.000000000 -0700 @@ -899,6 +899,14 @@ ASCII text, such as in a mail message. Leading garbage will be discarded until the first line that starts with #! and contains the string "perl". Any meaningful switches on that line will be applied. + +All references to line numbers by the program (warnings, errors, ...) +will treat the #! line as the first line. +Thus a warning on the 2nd line of the program (which is on the 100th +line in the file) will be reported as line 2, and not as line 100. +This can be overridden by using the #line directive. +(See L<perlsyn/"Plain-Old-Comments-(Not!)">) + If a directory name is specified, Perl will switch to that directory before running the program. The B<-x> switch controls only the disposal of leading garbage. The program must be terminated with End of Patch.