note vagabonding electron This statement allows to use glob in cmd (Win32). Without this line the script if run as: <c> C:\perl\bin>perl script.pl N:/TEMP/* </c> throws the following message: <c> Use of uninitialized value in numeric lt (<) at script.pl line 8. N:/TMP/* </c> I have found this line by [BrowserUK] some time ago (cannot find the original node now) and I am very grateful for it. <br> <br> <b>Update:</b> Did not see the post from [BrowserUK] before I sent my message. 995208 995215