nkuipers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> 1. Can a variable store a text file with 40000+ bytes > >> in size? > > > >I am under the impression that a scalar can be as big as you need. I > >*suspect* that the problem lies in limitations on the size of an <<EOF > >document - but someone more knowledgable will have to answer that > >part. > > I was under the impression that a variable size is limited only by what your > hardware can handle before currently available memory is filled.
Well yeah...'as big as you need, limited by available memory'. :-) -RN -- Robin Norwood Red Hat, Inc. "The Sage does nothing, yet nothing remains undone." -Lao Tzu, Te Tao Ching -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]