I'm trying to set a variable to a folder inside the Preferences folder of the system folder. As long as I use the hard drive's name in the path, everything works fine. What I'd like to do is use a generic name of the disk, so the script could be run on any mac without having to modify the script to put in the startup disk's name. I'm sure this is possible, but I can't come up with the term. In AppleScript "Startup Disk" works. Is there such a term in MacPerl? Thanks. ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch