Re^2: Perl file operations

While I don't have a directory with 60,000 files in it to test your code I would guess that <*.txt> is creating such a large list that it runs out of memory.

At an estimate of 64 bytes of overhead per SV, 60,000 strings produced by that list will take up 3.6 megabytes of memory, not counting the lengths of the filenames.

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Re^3: Perl file operations by SkullOne (Acolyte) on Feb 23, 2008 at 05:54 UTC
Monks, I am stupid. The file extensions in the directory were different that I was expecting. I fixed the file extension, and it slowly but surely processed the 60,000+ files into their respective directories. I watched memory usage on the successfull run, and it hovered between 60 and 70 megabytes, using Activeperl. Please dont harm me :(	[reply]
Re^4: Perl file operations by zshzn (Hermit) on Feb 23, 2008 at 21:41 UTC
We'll hold off on the crucifixion.	[reply]