note gpoduval hmm...when i tried the >>filename nothing got appended into the file. it remained as it is<br> i am using activestate activeperl for windows on win2k.<br> <br> i suspect this might be because i dont know how to end a program. anybody can help me ? <a href="http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~gokulpod">www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~gokulpod</a> 960 960