in reply to Re: Deleting EOF from a file
in thread Deleting EOF from a file
EOF is just a character that has special meaning. Some programs (old, and maybe current, versions of DOS copy, for example) will stop processing a file when it runs into this character. Perl will not stop processing until the actual end of file. You still cannot read beyond the actual end of file, no matter what you try1. What problem are you trying to solve?
1 - Unless, as was previously mentioned, you create a device file that never stops generating information, ala /dev/zero under *nix2.
2 - Or your file system is broken - CFS anyone?
--MidLifeXis
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