Revision history for Perl extension File::ReadBackwards. 0.90 Mon Feb 28 21:37:29 2000 - original version; created by h2xs 1.19 0.91 fixed test suite 0.92 edited documentation 0.93 Tue Mar 7 23:31:40 EST 2000 removed use of qr// so it works under MacPerl added README edited documentation 0.94 Wed Mar 8 00:12:28 EST 2000 removed use of for modifier so it works under MacPerl 0.95 Fri Apr 26 13:48:40 EDT 2002 readline returns undef on a sysseek error so it fails cleanly on pipes - from Carl Edwards added eof() method - from Antti S Lankila added flag to new() that marks the record separator as a regular expression. that used to be the default behavior and now the default is that is it a plain string like $/. - from Robin Houston added close() method - from kdamundson@mmm.com updated pod to reflect the changes 0.96 Sun May 26 00:28:49 EDT 2002 fixed bug in close method and added test for close - from Robin Houston 0.97 Sun May 26 00:28:49 EDT 2002 D'oh! call CORE::close inside close(). robin had it correct in his patch and i didn't use that. 0.98 Wed Aug 21 22:51:41 EDT 2002 fixed bug with a partial buffer of '0'. - from Joe Schaefer 0.99 Tue Dec 3 00:50:23 EST 2002 fixed bug where readline returns data after a close - from Khamdy 1.00 Mon Aug 18 02:04:24 EDT 2003 fixed doc bug for the tied interface. the module name needs quotes - from Madeleine Price added support for the tell method (including tests) - Slaven Rezic 1.01 Tue Oct 7 01:31:40 EDT 2003 (not released to cpan) fixed bug in test script in close_test. the write_file fails on winblows since the file is still open from the main loop. now the file is closed explicitly and tests added to cover that. - Peter J. Acklam 1.02 Fri Nov 21 01:53:42 EST 2003 fixed test problems with cr/lf files. modified module to better handle them and when the rec_sep is set all tests now work on unix and windows 1.03 Mon Jan 24 17:57:54 EST 2005 added get_handle method and tests for it. - Mark-Jason Dominus 1.04 Thu May 5 01:10:44 EDT 2005 added getline method and tests for it - Slaven Rezic added support and test for large files (>2GB) - Slaven Rezic