[svn:perlfaq] r12289 - perlfaq/trunk

[email protected] Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:22:06 -0800 (PST)
Newsgroups perl.cvs.perlfaq
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Author: comdog
Date: Sat Dec 27 06:22:06 2008
New Revision: 12289

Modified:
   perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq5.pod

Log:
* perlfaq5: How do I make a temporary file name?
	+ Added note from Michael Carmen about 1-arg open needing Perl 5.8


Modified: perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq5.pod
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--- perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq5.pod	(original)
+++ perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq5.pod	Sat Dec 27 06:22:06 2008
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@
 X<file, temporary>
 
 If you don't need to know the name of the file, you can use C<open()>
-with C<undef> in place of the file name.  The C<open()> function
-creates an anonymous temporary file.
+with C<undef> in place of the file name.  In Perl 5.8 or later, the
+C<open()> function creates an anonymous temporary file:
 
 	open my $tmp, '+>', undef or die $!;