Hi, this does not work:
mkdir "/some/dir/newsubdir" or die "$!"; while this does: chdir "/some/dir"; mkdir "newsubdir/" or die "$!"; In the shell, I can obviously execute the former. Is it true that in Perl, I can create a directory only within the current working directory? Thanks, Jan -- These are my principles and if you don't like them... well, I have others. - Groucho Marx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>