Not a perl master, but can't you just do a: system("rm -r <dirname>");
Is that what you mean? Denzil --- John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > can the above be done with one perl function? _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>