Maybe someone has noticed it already. DB_File clutters the working directory with lots of temp files named like /tmp/bt.000001 /tmp/bt.a00001 /tmp/bt.b00001 I tried to glob and then unlink these files, but apparently MacPerl's glob is uncomfortable with mixing Mac and Unix paths. Michael ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch