Another question concerning the Excel::Writer::XLSX. If I run my program under the SYSTEM account, it completes successfully and quietly. However, using a nonprivileged account, it completes successfully but output:
/sys$scratch/reLOKmPhRU/Content_Types.xml [Content_Types].xml /sys$scratch/reLOKmPhRU/docProps/app.xml docProps/app.xml /sys$scratch/reLOKmPhRU/docProps/core.xml docProps/core.xml /sys$scratch/reLOKmPhRU/xl/styles.xml xl/styles.xml /sys$scratch/reLOKmPhRU/xl/workbook.xml xl/workbook.xml /sys$scratch/reLOKmPhRU/xl/drawings/drawing1.xml xl/drawings/drawing1.xml /sys$scratch/reLOKmPhRU/xl/drawings/_rels/drawing1.xml.rels xl/drawings/_rels/d rawing1.xml.rels /sys$scratch/reLOKmPhRU/xl/media/image1.png xl/media/image1.png /sys$scratch/reLOKmPhRU/xl/theme/theme1.xml xl/theme/theme1.xml /sys$scratch/reLOKmPhRU/xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml /sys$scratch/reLOKmPhRU/xl/worksheets/_rels/sheet1.xml.rels xl/worksheets/_rels /sheet1.xml.rels /sys$scratch/reLOKmPhRU/xl/_rels/workbook.xml.rels xl/_rels/workbook.xml.rels /sys$scratch/reLOKmPhRU/_rels/.rels _rels/.rels I could define SYS$OUTPUT to NL: but then, any legitimate errors would go unnoticed. Why does Perl output what appears to be the translation of the VMS path to the .XLSX file's contents if the user is not privileged? -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.