I'm starting to GRONK the interface to the mac tool boc in MacPerl. What whould I use to get ioFlBkDat for the boot disk ("Mac System") After reading the docs (sorta sparse) I tried: my ($BkDat) = FSpGetCatInfo("Mac System:","ioFlBkDat"); and got HASH(0x2440b84), which I don't think is the actual hex value of the backup date, it's too small. Any suggestions on what to try??? Thanks for the help so far, and in advance for any more help. wls