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in reply to Re^2: Using binary search to get the last 15 minutes of httpd access log
in thread Using binary search to get the last 15 minutes of httpd access log

As I see it 'seek( $file, $mid, 0 ) || die "Couldn't seek : $!\n";' won't consistently take you to the beginning of a record. But then I'm just a clueless newbie.