Stephen E. Hargrove writes .. >how do i add new directories to @INC? i've managed to bungle one of my >debian systems, and apt-get relies pretty heavily on some .pm's that >aren't in the stock @INC locations. there's a hand module called 'lib' that's part of the CORE distribution .. it basically just unshifts your list onto the @INC array in a BEGIN block use lib qw'/dirs/for /inclusion /in/INC'; -- jason king In Denmark, if a horse carriage is trying to pass a car and the horse gets uneasy, the car is required to pull over and stop. If necessary to ease the horse down, you are required to cover the car up. - http://dumblaws.com/