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in reply to use strict;

I would be willing to bet if you did a perl -v you would discover that you are not using perl 5. This warning is what is generated when you attempt perl5isms on perl4.

Make sure the #! line is pointing at the correct perl. I hope you have perl5 installed somewhere else. If not, you need to scream very loudly and get it installed.

mikfire