as a command procedure.
If LIST consists of the empty string, C<system> spawns an
-interactive DCL subprocess, in the same fashion as typiing
+interactive DCL subprocess, in the same fashion as typing
B<SPAWN> at the DCL prompt.
Perl waits for the subprocess to complete before continuing
whether L<times> keeps track of subprocesses separately. Note
especially that the VAXCRTL (at least) keeps track only of
subprocesses spawned using L<fork> and L<exec>; it will not
-accumulate the times of suprocesses spawned via pipes, L<system>,
+accumulate the times of subprocesses spawned via pipes, L<system>,
or backticks.
=item unlink LIST
The following VMS-specific information applies to the indicated
"special" Perl variables, in addition to the general information
-in L<perlvar>. Where there is a conflict, this infrmation
+in L<perlvar>. Where there is a conflict, this information
takes precedence.
=over 4
=head2 SDBM_File
-SDBM_File works peroperly on VMS. It has, however, one minor
+SDBM_File works properly on VMS. It has, however, one minor
difference. The database directory file created has a F<.sdbm_dir>
extension rather than a F<.dir> extension. F<.dir> files are VMS filesystem
directory files, and using them for other purposes could cause unacceptable