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

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Robin Norwood
Red Hat, Inc.

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