#!/usr/bin/perl

# copy a file

$in = "postcodes";
$out = "pc.bak";

open (IN,$in);
open (OUT,">$out");

print OUT $buffer while
        (read (IN,$buffer,65536));

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What does the 65536 indicate here? i got this off some site and am trying to understand how this works since i need to write a similar function to copy using bin mode. Update:I actually want to make this code to copy files in binary mode.Any ideas to help me on my mission? 
#!usr/bin/perl
use strict;

use File::Find;
use File::Copy;
my @location=("C:\\Documents and Settings\\smanicka\\Desktop\\JAVA","C
+:\\Documents and Settings\\smanicka\\Desktop\\excel files-new");
my $new_location="C:\\moved_files";

foreach my $location(@location){
find(\&force_move,$location);

}
sub force_move(){
my $file=$_;
print "\n $file";
copy($file,$new_location) or warn "$!" ;
}

print "I am done!!!!";
sleep(2);

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File::copy says that file would be opened in bin mode where applicable.The issue is that the font files that I am trying to copy are often not copied properly and the copied files are smaller than the original file.

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