I saw code like this recently, and I hope the perp isn't reading this: $string = $x; open(TMPOUT, ">$tmpout"); write TMPOUT; open(TMPOUT, "$tmpout"); read(TMPOUT, $x, 1000); $string = $y; open(TMPOUT, ">$tmpout"); write TMPOUT; open(TMPOUT, "$tmpout"); read(TMPOUT, $y, 1000); Took me a while to guess what was being attempted... -- Tushar Samant ~ ~ :wq ==== Want to unsubscribe from this list? (Don't you love us anymore?) ==== Well, if you insist... Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to ==== fwp-request@technofile.org