Before someone yells RTFM, I did try chmod(0666,$file); But the command always dies instead. I can unlock the file in ResEdit, but not through MacPerl. The stange thing is, when I try to lock a file using the Get Info box, I get a dialog that says that I do not have enough permissions to lock or unlock a file. But I have no problem when using ResEdit. Any ideas? -- /\ /\ . /\____ _-_ / \ _/\ / \ /\ / \ /\ / \ / \ / \ /\/ \ / \_/\_/ Y \ /\/\/ \ u \/ \___/ \/ \ / \/ \ ----------------------------------v-------------------------------- Richard Christensen KC7JPQ Austin, TX richard@crl.com ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch