nishanth ev schreef: > defined(my $pid = fork);
What does that line do? It tests $pid for defined, but the return value is not used. "or die $!" missing? -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>