Amplify diagnostic about in-place editing.

An uneditable directory is a "special file" from the point of view of 'perl
-wne'.

For RT #72284.  Thanks to frank.wiegand for report.

diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index f12264c..3c3a48e 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ error if you use an explicit C<continue>.)
 =item Can't do inplace edit: %s is not a regular file
 
 (S inplace) You tried to use the B<-i> switch on a special file, such as
-a file in /dev, or a FIFO.  The file was ignored.
+a file in /dev, a FIFO or an uneditable directory.  The file was ignored.
 
 =item Can't do inplace edit on %s: %s