note rdfield The docs state that the error mode is either <code>fatal</code> or <code>output</code> with no in between. I guess you could sub-class the constructor and re-write the fatals sub to do both.<P> The problem, I guess, is that the error is (usually) during the interpreter phase, and doesn't get anywhere near your code, so you can't do anything too fancy. You could, of course, write a PerlLogHandler module that lets you know when an error's occured via email or somesuch.<!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-116937"> <P>rdfield </div></div> 427309 427321