note biohisham <blockquote><i>Argument "E:/perl/scripts" isn't numeric in numeric ne (!=) at orphan_check.pl line 26</i></blockquote> Of course this argument is not numeric because "E:/perl/scripts" is not a number, hence you were offered the operator 'ne' instead of the one you tried to use '!='. <p> You have to decide whether your operand(s) is in numeric context or a string context. In Perl it makes a difference and using an operator in a context that is it not applicable could give out such warnings. </p> <p> '<c>lt, gt, le, ge, eq, ne, cmp</c>' perform on strings similar operations performed by '<c><, >, <=, >=, ==, !=, <=>'</c> respectively on numbers </p> On a further note, be careful with treating strings as numbers because perl can force into a number any string that has been treated that way, an example will include using the arithmetic operators on strings, they will be reinitialized to zero.. <c> my $string = "lion"; my $result = $string + 2; print $result; </c> '$string' was reinitialized to 0... These are some errors that may just be hard to detect if you chose to ignore warnings given to you.. <p></p><p></p> <code> </code> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-769448"> <hr> Excellence is an Endeavor of Persistence. A Year-Old Monk :D . </div></div> 872611 872611