> > >One way to do this -- probably not a good one -- might be > > system("echo $xml | myprogamname") > >but if there's anything in the XML that the shell finds interesting, >this could fail in all kinds of spectacular ways.
#try this: system("echo \'$xml\' | myprogamname") ^^^^^^^^ \---- i haven't tried it, but it should keep the shell from interpolating the xml data >-- >Chris Devers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>