Paul wrote: > One particular thing to watch -- most systems have a limit on how many > filehandles a process can have open at a time. To see your max, (and as > a template for another solution), try this: > > use FileHandle; > while ($_ = new FileHandle ">deleteme") { > push @_, $_; > unlink "deleteme"; > } > print scalar @_,"\n"; > > Our HP midrange says 57. :)
or you can check your system's limits.h or unistd.h you can also open more than (by simulation) your system allow by using the FileCache module. david -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]