> >You don't even need the size. > > > > read FILE, $file, 1e20 > > > >Adjust the upper bound to suit. It can't read more than it is. :) > > You fiend :) "No one will ever need more than 640K" -- Bill Gates "No one will ever need files bigger than 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes" -- Randal Schwartz xoxo, Andy -- # Andy Lester %_=split';','.; Perl ;@;st a;m;ker;p;not;o;hac;t;her;y;ju'; print map $_{$_}, split //, 'andy@petdance.com' ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe