in reply to Re^3: reading from a huge file
in thread reading from a huge file

So you've always had Perls compiled with USE_LARGE_FILES. How is that relevant to the OP? And how is what I wrote "fear, uncertainty, and doubt?"

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Re^5: reading from a huge file
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 21, 2011 at 20:25 UTC
    How is that relevant to the OP?

    Because, by default, every windows perl build is configured with large file support. To build without it require manual intervention, and there is no good reason for doing so. And the vast majority of Perl installations on Windows are AS binary distributions that all come with large file support.

    So, whilst it isn't impossible for the OP to be using a perl build that has been deliberately crippled, the likelyhood is small.

    This:

    I think the OP's basically stuffed unless he can get another program to chop the file into smaller pieces,

    Is FUD because:

    • because it demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of Perl on Windows.
    • it assumes just about the most unlikely reason for the problem based upon no more information than the mere mention of "huge file".
    • even if your assumption as to the cause of the problem turns out to be a lucky correct guess, you offer the very worst solution to that problem.

    Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
    "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
    In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
      Because, by default, every windows perl build is configured with large file support.
      If only you were right... Tragically, anything older than 5.8.4 compiled with Borland can't use large files at all, whatever it does "by default."

      Anyways, let's see what the OP's actual problem is before allocating the egg to someone's face.

        let's see what the OP's actual problem is before allocating the egg to someone's face.

        Get your mayonnaise ready!


        Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
        "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
        In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.