Your argument might make some sense as RTFM would be something only Perlmonks requires.

But it's common sense. Unless the OP was a newbie to life itself (which, judging from the fact he was able to type in a bunch of characters that actually made sense, he isn't), it's normal to do some research yourself instead of expecting to be spoon fed by strangers.

As for his argument "but I'm writing it in Perl", I presume the OP is sitting on a chair, using a keyboard. Taking that logic, he might as well have asked his question on a fora dedicated to furniture or keyboard layouts. I frankly cannot figure out why people who have enough IQ to type actually think that "but I write it in Perl" is enough reason to ask almost anything in this forum.

In reply to Re^5: (OT) Get the number of blocks per second by reading the proc diskstats file by JavaFan
in thread (OT) Get the number of blocks per second by reading the proc diskstats file by haavard82

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