PERL588DELTA(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERL588DELTA(1)

PERL588DELTA(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERL588DELTA(1) # PERL588DELTA(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERL588DELTA(1) NNAAMMEE # perl588delta - what is new for perl v5.8.8 DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN # This document describes differences between the 5.8.7 release and the 5.8.8 release. IInnccoommppaattiibbllee CChhaannggeess There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.8.7. If any exist, they are bugs and reports are welcome. CCoorree EEnnhhaanncceemmeennttss • “chdir”, “chmod” and “chown” can now work on filehandles as well as filenames, if the system supports respectively “fchdir”, “fchmod” and “fchown”, thanks to a patch provided by Gisle Aas. ...