>>>>> "Charles" == Charles Albrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Charles> #!/usr/bin/perl -w Charles> system q(/usr/bin/open -a "`/usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to get name of application file id "CWIE" ' `" ); Gah. That's about four levels too deep. Maybe that was a joke. If not, this is simpler: my $path = `osascript -e 'tell application "Finder" to get name of application file id "CWIE"'`; -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!