>1. how to connect to server 2 and pass the args as shown above from >within my cgi? LWP::Simple. However, on a Mac you'll probably get problems trying to nest CGIs if both are written with MacPerl (If you're not on a Mac, or your CGIs are not written in Perl, you're not supposed to ask here anyway :-) >2. how to discard standard output from server 2 and replace with my own? No problem at all. Output from server 2 will *not* automatically get forwarded anyway, so you're free to define your output. Matthias -- Matthias Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch> http://www.iis.ee.ethz.ch/~neeri "I'm set free to find a new illusion" -- Velvet Underground ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch