note Anonymous Monk <p><i>I used the --lib option ...</i> <p> That is why i said use the -l option, copy/paste and ctrl+f to read about the -l option <c>$ perldoc pp |ack "\-l\b" -l, --link=*FILE*|*LIBRARY* packed file. Also accepts names under library paths; i.e. "-l ncurses" means the same thing as "-l libncurses.so" or "-l </c> 996674 996686 5