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(z) Re^3: Redirect Questionby zigdon (Deacon) |
| on Sep 15, 2003 at 17:13 UTC ( [id://291611]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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AFAIK, the buffer size varies by platform, and by what's the destination. For STDOUT to the terminal, the buffer is usually around 256 bytes, I think. For files, it's probably several K, at least. All $| does it set the buffer to autoflush - see perlvar for details.
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