Jim Correia wrote: > > So I'm a c programmer, and my perl book is at the office. ---------- your perl documentation is also available on the machine perl is installed on.... > > What is the best (fastest, clearest code) to read an entire file into a > variable? ----------- open( HANDLE , "<$RelativeFilePath" ) or die "failed to open $RelativeFilePath because $!"; @WholeFile = (<HANDLE>); D # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org