OK, progress. Got the script to load. Now, running the basic CPAN script: #!perl -MCPAN shell; gets me (after it loads properly): cpan> install Image::Size CPAN: LWP loaded ok Fetching with LWP: ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz # Use of uninitialized value, <FIN> chunk 1. File 'HardDisk:Scripting:MacPerl °:lib:LWP:Protocol.pm'; Line 110 # Use of uninitialized value, <FIN> chunk 1. (besides continuing to "Fight the Power" File 'HardDisk:Scripting:MacPerl °:lib:LWP:Protocol.pm'; Line 85 # Ambiguous use of {index} resolved to {"index"}, <FIN> chunk 1. File 'HardDisk:Scripting:MacPerl °:lib:Mac:InternetConfig.pm'; Line 501 # Ambiguous use of {index} resolved to {"index"}, <FIN> chunk 1. File 'HardDisk:Scripting:MacPerl °:lib:Mac:InternetConfig.pm'; Line 503 # Ambiguous use of {index} resolved to {"index"}, <FIN> chunk 1. File 'HardDisk:Scripting:MacPerl °:lib:Mac:InternetConfig.pm'; Line 509 # Use of uninitialized value, <FIN> chunk 1. File 'HardDisk:Scripting:MacPerl °:site_perl:Mac:Types.pm'; Line 68 # Use of uninitialized value, <FIN> chunk 1. File 'HardDisk:Scripting:MacPerl °:site_perl:Mac:Types.pm'; Line 68 CPAN: Net::FTP loaded ok Fetching with Net::FTP: ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz # Use of uninitialized value, <FIN> chunk 1. File 'HardDisk:Scripting:MacPerl °:site_perl:CPAN.pm'; Line 1609 # The getpwuid function is unimplemented, <FIN> chunk 1. File 'HardDisk:Scripting:MacPerl °:lib:Net:FTP.pm'; Line 194 Anything suggest itself right off (besides continuing to "Fight the Power"), or do I need to go tracing through here? j -- #!/usr/bin/perl $dot="\x2e";$lt="\x3c";$gt="\x3e";$at="\x40"; print "J Mignault ${lt}mignault${at}nytimes${dot}com${gt}\n"; $yow = qq(I feel like I'm in a Toilet Bowl with a thumbtack in my forehead!!); ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch