> > You can't do that. Unix doesn't support that sort of thing. If you > can't get it from, say, ls, then Perl sure can't figure it > out, either.
I thought that was the case, but figured somebody may have a done it. I guess i will have to go to plan b like this: 1. run as a deamon 2. monitor the file 3. notice the access and call routine to grovel 'w' and grep for the file name and corresponding user don't know if it will work, but I am going to give it a shot Thanks again -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]