Matthias has hardcoded the location of the main libraries folder into the perl binary, so you don't need to include it in the Perl startup file any longer. I was reminded of this when I did perl -V and got the following: Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY Built under MacOS Compiled at Apr 3 1998 21:45:13 %ENV: PERL5LIB="Buzz:Development:MacPerl Ä:lib:,Buzz:Development:Sdf:perllib:" @INC: Buzz:Development:MacPerl Ä:lib:MacPPC: Buzz:Development:MacPerl Ä:lib: Buzz:Development:Sdf:perllib: Buzz:Development:MacPerl Ä:lib:MacPPC: Buzz:Development:MacPerl Ä:lib: Eliminating the first folder from the PERL5LIB variable gets rid of the first two folders in the @INC array. I suppose it doesn't really matter, but it's kind of nice to keep things clean. later, ---Dave--- ========================================================= David C. Schooley | "Success is how high you Ph.D. in progress | bounce after you hit Georgia Tech Electric Power | bottom. mailto:schooley@ece.gatech.edu | - General George S. Patton http://www.ee.gatech.edu/users/schooley/ ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch