John Gilmore-Baldwin writes: |# Can't call method "ioFRefNum" without a package or object reference. |File 'Untitled'; Line 7 | |#!perl |use Mac::Files; | |$file ="full:path:to:file"; |$cat = FSpGetCatInfo($file); | |$busy = $cat->ioFRefNum; It works fine here, under 5.2.0r4. Have you checked that FSpGetCatInfo is succeeding? I suspect it's failing, leaving $cat undefined. Check for those errors! Brian ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch