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From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: directory entries chopped on SCO Unix
Message-ID: <27D29B05.3442@tct.uucp>
Date: 4 Mar 91 19:07:49 GMT
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According to schaefer@ogicse.ogi.edu (Barton E. Schaefer):
>Yeah, make sure you DO NOT use -lx when linking.  It has (incorrect,
>ore more accurately, outdated) opendir(), readdir(), closedir() etc.

Too true.

>As far as I know, the only thing -lx is needed for in 3.2.2 is the
>ancient rdchk() call ...

Actually, Perl _is_ using routine from -lx: chsize().  It's used to
implement the "truncate" function.  Fortunately, the fcntl() solution
for System V is just as effective, and it doesn't require -lx.