Thanks, Rory. Like the books say, all sorts of fun problems have already been solved, haven't they? For future reference, in case I have to work under the hood in a package, is there some way of avoiding walking on $_ in packages? I worry about the side effects of saving and restoring $_ inside the package. Is my $_; legal? Would it help? >> I seem to recall someone saying that there is a package that recursively >> lists directories floating around. > >Try File::Find; >(sample clipped) rees_joel@fujicomp.co.jp http://www.fujicomp.co.jp http://www.udit.gr.jp ==== Want to unsubscribe from this list? ==== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-webcgi-request@macperl.org