From: Ajey Kulkarni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> while (read OLDFILE, $buff, 8*1024); > > A quick qn. :) Y is 8*1024 being mentioned here? Are you just > word-aligning or something else?
Something like that. 1024 is one K. So 8*1024 is 8KB. I don't know what the size of a block is when reading from the particular disk storing that file, but the block size is usualy some power of 2 in KB. 2KB, 4KB, 8KB, 16KB, 32KB. It would of course be most efficient if I was reading the file in chunks equal to the block size, but 8KB seems to me like a reasonable guess. I'm sorry I don't remember the right names, I'm sure someone can explain better. Jenda ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] === http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ===== When it comes to wine, women and song, wizards are allowed to get drunk and croon as much as they like. -- Terry Pratchett in Sourcery -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
