In message <Pine.NXT.3.91.960312172305.7717D-100000@kolob> you write: >On Tue, 12 Mar 1996, andyk wrote: >> Is it possible to do something like this: >> >> $cr = "\n"; >> >> if ($cr == "\x0D"){ >> $platform = "Mac" Yes. >> or is this just a lame idea. Yes :-) >Try this instead: > >if ($^X eq 'MacPerl') ... Or even better, this: if ($MacPerl::Version) The $^X test fails with the WPW tool. Matthias ----- Matthias Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch> http://err.ethz.ch/members/neeri.html "One fine day in my odd past..." -- Pixies, _Planet of Sound_