note AnomalousMonk <blockquote><i> <c> my $bufsize = 256 * 1024;</c> <br> </I></BLOCKQUOTE> <p> I'm so paranoid, I would use a constant of some kind to represent a constant value, e.g.: <br> <c> use constant BUFFSIZE => 256 * 1024;</c> <br> </P> 1003666 1003666