perldoc Carp; If that doesn't do what you want, then:
perldoc -f eval else just set $@ and return undef. This is a bad solution I think. Jonathan Paton -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>