Rubinow, Larry wrote: > > Um ... how about > > do $file; > > Technically not an eval ... No, only *cosmetically* not an eval. Technically, do 'stat.pl'; is just like scalar eval `cat stat.pl`; -- John Porter ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe