#!./perl # $RCSfile$ print "1..1\n"; open(A,"+>a"); print A "_"; seek(A,0,0); $b = "abcd"; $b = ""; read(A,$b,1,4); close(A); unlink("a"); if ($b eq "\000\000\000\000_") { print "ok 1\n"; } else { # Probably "\000bcd_" print "not ok 1\n"; } unlink 'a';