Hi all, I have the following script a.pl 
use strict;
use warnings;   
my ($output_file) = 'a.exe';
        open INPUT, $output_file or die "Cannot read the installer fil
+e $output_file: $!";
        binmode INPUT;
        my $content = "";
        my $buffer;
        
        while (
                read (INPUT, $buffer, 65536)    # read in (up to) 64k 
+chunks, write
        ) {
                
if ($!){die $!}
$content.=$buffer;
        };
        die "Cannot read the installer file $output_file: $!" if $! &&
+ ($! ne 'Bad file descriptor');
        close INPUT;
        
        return $content;

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When i run it on linux it works, but on solaris i get an error message in the read command. 
Bad file number at a.pl line 13.<br>

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What can be the reason? Thanks, David

In reply to mysterious error of read function in solaris by david2008

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