Try using the File::stat module...it works fine for me on RHES and 7.2 use File::stat;
my $file = "./blah"; my $st = ""; my $blocksize = 0; $st = stat($file); $blocksize = $st->blksize; print "Blocksize: [$blocksize]\n"; HTH JD --- Arijit Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Bruce...Your solution was good. But > unfortunately it doesn't seem to work on RH Linux > 7.2 and RHAS3.0 which is what I need. > > Went though its documentation.....Seemed like the > blksize field of the stat structure is not very > portable...which is what the Linux failures > proves... > > -Arijit > > Bruce Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Given a UNIX flavor/machine, say a Linux box, I > need to figure out the > > size of the file system block of the current file > system I am working in. > > Generally, it is multiple of 512 but less than the > page frame size...but > > how can I get the exact value of my current file > system? > > Simply find a file in the appropriate file system > (the mount point will > work or "." if naught else) and call "stat" on it. > Element 11 of the array > returned is the block size of the file system. > > $size = (stat ".")[11]; > -- > Bruce A. Hudson | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > UCIS, Networks and Systems | > Dalhousie University | > Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | (902) 494-3405 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Unix-Users mailing list > Perl-Unix-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list Perl-Unix-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
