Hi Dave_the_m
I think you have hit the nail on the head
>perl -v
This is perl, v5.8.0 built for aix-thread-multi
Copyright 1987-2002, Larry Wall
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
+ or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source ki
+t.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found
+on
this system using `man perl' or `perldoc perl'. If you have access to
+ the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Pa
+ge.
I will test it on some later flavours.
Update
Sure enough a test on 5.8.7 works fine as well. Version to blame, sorry for the inconvenience
Many thanks,
R.
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