Author: carlin Date: 2009-10-11 09:21:58 +0200 (Sun, 11 Oct 2009) New Revision: 28750
Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod Log: [Spec/S16-io] Tidied up some formatting and escaped the brackets in %*ENV<PATH> to (hopefully) fix a POD-error Modified: docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod =================================================================== --- docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod 2009-10-11 06:22:37 UTC (rev 28749) +++ docs/Perl6/Spec/S16-io.pod 2009-10-11 07:21:58 UTC (rev 28750) @@ -183,19 +183,21 @@ The global variable $*CWD is a Path object with certain special properties, mainly: + * It must check whether the path exists before changing its value * It can only be assigned an absolute path; if you want to make relative changes, use the Array interface -$*CWD is specific to the current thread, unlike %*ENV<PATH> or the native -getcwd/chdir path, which are both usually process-wide. +$*CWD is specific to the current thread, unlike %*ENVE<lt>PATHE<gt> or the +native getcwd/chdir path, which are both usually process-wide. The variable is used in at least these cases: -* When a Path object is created, if the string it is given is not an absolute - path, then $*CWD is prepended to it. -* When a subprocess is executed, it is executed with the current thread's - $*CWD as its working directory. + * When a Path object is created, if the string it is given is not an + absolute path, then $*CWD is prepended to it. + * When a subprocess is executed, it is executed with the current + thread's $*CWD as its working directory. + =head1 Name Services =head2 User role