note trammell Sure; I'd do something like: <code> my $doc = get(...); warn "get() failed" unless $doc; </code> I'm assuming that the page actually has content here. If it's an empty string, the test should be <code> ... unless defined($doc); </code> The documenation in [cpan://LWP::Simple] does suggest using [cpan://LWP::UserAgent] if you need more information about the return code. Just a thought. 522053 522190