Dear All, The following works for me.
############# use strict; use warnings; use Win32::SerialPort; use IO::Select; use IO::File; use IO::Handle; use Time::Local; # Serial Settings open (PORT, "+>COM1") || die "Can't Open Port\n"; open (LOG, "> c:\\temp\\logdata.txt") || die "Can't Open File\n"; while ( <PORT> ) { my ($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $wday, $yday, $isdst) =localtime(); print $_; print ("$hour:$min:$sec\n"); print LOG ("$_"), ("$hour:$min:$sec\n"); } <snip> ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/