After too long a wait, I have updated File::Slurp with a long list of requested features and bug fixes. See the Changes file for the changes in the recent burst of 3 releases. Major changes include adding prepend_file() (this inserts data at the beginning of a file), the binmode option supports all the values of the binmode function, a rewritten and improved benchmark script and more /users/uri/2011/04/index.html