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in reply to file test operation on files greater than 2gigs

Inline::C and do the stat(2) call yourself?

If I had the choice between that and brewing a new Perl, I'd do the latter - it's quicker and less effort.

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Re^2: file test operation on files greater than 2gigs
by Anonymous Monk on Aug 01, 2013 at 10:57 UTC

    If I had the choice between that and brewing a new Perl, I'd do the latter - it's quicker and less effort.

    And you don't even need to brew one or upgrade, you can download a portable/relocatable/binary distribution and use it without messing up any existing ones :)