Hi, folks, I need to get every possible error on this script including errors from system commands. sub DEBUG () { 1 }; # set level of debugness. open (STDERR, ">c:/admin/errorcms.log") or die $!; select STDERR; print "File/s being copied now.............................\n"; use file::spec; system ("net use q: /delete"); #if drive is already mapped, un-map the drive. system ("net use r: /delete"); system ("net use s: /delete"); system ("net use t: /delete"); system ("net use u: /delete"); system ("net use v: /delete"); system ("net use w: /delete"); system ("net use x: /delete"); system ("net use y: /delete"); system ("net use f: /delete"); system ("net use r: \\\\sf_sys01\\cmsopen"); # map network drives: system ("net use s: \\\\de_sys01\\cmsopen"); system ("net use t: \\\\da_sys01\\cmsopen"); system ("net use u: \\\\cc_sys01\\cmsopen"); system ("net use v: \\\\prsys01\\cmsopen"); system ("net use w: \\\\lesys01\\cmsopen"); system ("net use x: \\\\oc_sys01\\cmsopen"); system ("net use y: \\\\dc_sys01\\cmsopen"); system ("net use f: \\\\la_sys01\\cmsopen"); system ("set PATH=c:\;q:;r:;s:;t:;u:;v:;w:;x:;y:;z:;%PATH%"); use file::spec; use win32; open (DIRS, 'c:/admin/paths.txt') || die "can't open file he: $!\n"; sleep 1; while ($path=<DIRS>) { # read paths line by line. chdir ("c://admin//cmsfiles"); system ("copy *.* $path") || print "File/s was/were copied to $path ....\n"; sleep 1; } system ("net use r: /delete"); #unmap the network drives. system ("net use s: /delete"); system ("net use t: /delete"); system ("net use u: /delete"); system ("net use v: /delete"); system ("net use w: /delete"); system ("net use x: /delete"); system ("net use y: /delete"); # system ("net use f: /delete"); #ok to keep mapped.. print "\n"; print "\n"; print "New cmsopen files have been copied successfully..............\n"; close (DIRS); close STDERR; ===== Peter Lemus Computer Networks Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Dad always tought me; when you do good; expect to receive good; when you do bad; expect the bad...sooner or later. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/