> How about this. You seek to near the end of the file, read a buffer large > enough to be sure you got at least one line, then extract the last line from > the buffer.
why($Wheel->reinvent); Just: $bw = File::ReadBackwards->new( 'log_file' ) or die "can't read 'log_file' $!" ; my $last_line = $bw->readline; $bw->close; _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Web mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs