John Townsend wrote: > I'm looking for a way to read the end of a file quickly. I have scripts > that generate PostScript files (basically really large text files). I'd > like to verify that each PostScript file ends with "%EOF". Rather than > read the entire text file into memeory then parsing each line, I'd like > to read from the bottom the file and search for the "%EOF" string. > > The PostScript file I generate can be hundreds of megs, so I'm looking > for a fast solution. I've read about the/// seek/ function, but I'm not > sure it is what I'm looking for. > > Any suggestions are appreciated. >
Try File::ReadBackwards JOhn _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
