note brian_d_foy <p> <b>Update:</b> Duh. I should post when I'm too sleepy to think straight. </p> <strike>The system and exec send something to the command shell no matter how you call it (that's the point of those built-ins :). The list form just means that the elements after the command name won't be interpreted as shell meta-characters. You're still using the shell though.</strike> </p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-366986"> -- <br /> brian d foy <brian@stonehenge.com><br /> Subscribe to <a href="http://www.theperlreview.com">The Perl Review</a> </div></div> 692707 692707