What version of MacPerl are you using? I can create multiple DBM files and use them with MacPerl 5.1.4r4 and the following: #!perl -wl use DB_File; tie %x, 'DB_File', 'x', O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0777 || die $!; tie %y, 'DB_File', 'y', O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0777 || die $!; $x{$0}++; $y{$0}++; print $x{$0}; print $y{$0}; untie %x; untie %y; -- Chris Nandor pudge@pobox.com http://pudge.net/ %PGPKey=('B76E72AD',[1024,'0824 090B CE73 CA10 1FF7 7F13 8180 B6B6']) #== MacPerl: Programming for the Rest of Us ==# #== Publishing Date: Early 1998. http://www.ptf.com/macperl/ ==# ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch