On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 12:17:53PM +0800, Shu Hung (Koala) wrote: > I recently wrote a script with a '-f' file test inside. > > Normally, a '-f <filename>' returns TRUE if a file with that filename > exist. My script returns TRUE for all the files -- except the largest > one (9.7 GB) on my list (others are XX MB - XXX MB in size). Whenever > I test it with '-f' test, it returns FALSE. > > I checked everything in the script and tested it serval times. It > seems I must come to conclude like this - the '-f' test cannot find > large files. > > Does anybody here have the same experience as I does? > Is this a bug of perl? Or am I mistaken?
Check whether your perl was compiled with large file support. You can do this by taking a look at the output of perl -V. Look for whether uselargefiles is define or undef. Also check the cc line and the Compile-time options for mention of large files. It may be that you will need to recompile your perl with large file support if that is supported on your platform. -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
