NAME

PerlIO::buffersize - Set the buffersize of a handle

VERSION

version 0.002

SYNOPSIS

open my $fh, '<:buffersize(65536)', $filename;

DESCRIPTION

This module sets the buffer-size of a filehandle to an other value than the default. This can only be done before the handle is used, as once the buffer has been allocated it can not be changed.

SYNTAX

This modules does not have to be loaded explicitly, it will be loaded automatically by using it in an open mode. The module has the following general syntax: :buffersize(size). The size can be any positive integer.

AUTHOR

Leon Timmermans <leont@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Leon Timmermans.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.