sub comp { my ($qfn1, $qfn2) = @_; open(my $fh1, '<:raw:stdio', $qfn1) or die("Unable to open file \"$qfn1\": $!\n"); open(my $fh2, '<:raw:stdio', $qfn2) or die("Unable to open file \"$qfn2\": $!\n"); my $size1 = -f $fh1 && -s _; my $size2 = -f $fh2 && -s _; return 0 if $size1 && $size2 && $size1 != $size2; local $/ = \(16*1024); for (;;) { my $blk1 = <$fh1>; my $blk2 = <$fh2>; return 0 if defined($blk1) xor defined($blk2); return 1 if !defined($blk1); return 0 if if $blk1 ne $blk2; } }