I used the MacPerl application and it kept saying permission denied. So I tried using a text editor. After all the comments that this was not a MacPerl question, I went back to MacPerl. At the command line I typed chmod 777 and it worked!!! Can someone explain why this worked?. I know I should be grateful that it worked, but I need to understand why. ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch