note blue_cowdawg <ul><ul><i> Hi Monks, I have no knowledge of perl, so please forgive. </i></ul></ul> <p> My heartfelt advice to you is to fix that problem before going any further. Just as I'd not get into a car and drive cross country before I learned a) how to drive and b) how to navigate I don't suggest trying to do something as sophisticated as you're attempting without learning the basics first. </p> <p> That said, let me lay out a foundation for you. <code> #!/usr/bin/perl -w ################################################ # First line is called a "shebang" and on a *nix or Cygwin environment loads the # interpreter use strict; # keep an eye on our code looking for major faults use LWP::UserAgent; my $res=authenticate(); # Call your sub. You might want to # decide what to do with the return code. # more code goes here exit(0); #the code you posted goes here </code> <p> Find your self a book such as [isbn://1449303587|Learning Perl] to get a handle on things. I wouldn't attempt to build a house without some basic construction technique knowledge. </p> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-72516"> <hr> <font size="-2"> Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional<br> Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg<br> </font> </div></div> 998306 998306