RE: [MacPerl] bug in File::Compare?

["Wolstenholme, Daniel E" <daniel.e.wolstenholme@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Nandor [mailto:pudge@pobox.com]
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 7:11 AM
> To: Daniel Wolstenholme
> Subject: Re: [MacPerl] bug in File::Compare?
> 
> At 16:44 -0700 2000.11.10, Daniel Wolstenholme wrote:
> >I posted this once but I think the list was down and didn't get it.
> >
> >I'm attempting to use several scripts I wrote in Unix on a Mac, and
> >constantly get "out of memory!" errors.  The scripts work 
> fine on both
> >Linux and Win32 boxes.  I've traced the source of the out-of-memory
> >error to the File::Compare module which all my scripts use.  
> Has anyone
> >had problems with this module?
> >
> >The part of the module where it's failing is where the 
> actual comparison
> >is done, at the line
> >
> >unless (defined($tr = read(TO,$tbuf,$fr)) and $tbuf eq $fbuf) { goto
> >fail_inner; }
> >
> >Specifically, this read function causes the crash.  This read is
> >immediately after another read (of the FROM file); does 
> MacPerl have a
> >problem with read()?
> 
> No.  However, if your file is very large, then MacPerl can run out of
> memory.  Increase MacPerl's memory allocation.

I've already increased the Mac's virtual memory from 64 to 128MB.  Is there
something else I'm missing?
Thanks,
Dan


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