Re: [PATCH docs] Re: Bug with -M

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diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 99caa88..63d12d7 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ X<-S>X<-b>X<-c>X<-t>X<-u>X<-g>X<-k>X<-T>X<-B>X<-M>X<-A>X<-C>
     -T File is an ASCII text file (heuristic guess).
     -B File is a "binary" file (opposite of -T).
 
-    -M Age of file in days when script started.
+    -M Script start time minus file modification time, in days.
     -A Same for access time.
-    -C Same for inode change time.
+    -C Same for inode change time (Unix, may differ for other platforms)
 
 Example:
 

diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod
index bc3f1d9..fd0098a 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlport.pod
+++ b/pod/perlport.pod
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ timestamp (meaning that about the only portable timestamp is the
 modification timestamp), or one second granularity of any timestamps
 (e.g. the FAT filesystem limits the time granularity to two seconds).
 
+The "inode change timestamp" (the <-C> filetest) may really be the
+"creation timestamp" (which it is not in UNIX).
+
 VOS perl can emulate Unix filenames with C</> as path separator.  The
 native pathname characters greater-than, less-than, number-sign, and
 percent-sign are always accepted.
@@ -1784,6 +1787,8 @@ as '', so numeric comparison or manipulation of these fields may cause
 mtime and atime are the same thing, and ctime is creation time instead of
 inode change time. (S<Mac OS>)
 
+ctime is creation time instead of inode change time  (Win32).
+
 device and inode are not meaningful.  (Win32)
 
 device and inode are not necessarily reliable.  (VMS)