You need to double-quote your path so the variable in it will get interpolated. viz.:
while(defined($filegenerated="C:/Documents and Settings/$username/Local Settings/Temp/*.xls")){
Not sure why you had angle-brackets around the string in your original...?
Deane Rothenmaier
Systems Architect
Walgreens Corp.
847-914-5150
"Truth is eternal, knowledge is changeable. It is disastrous to confuse them." -- Madeleine L'Engle
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