On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 03:05:45PM -0500, Jay Kline wrote: > open PASSWD, '>' . $passw_file or die "There was an error opening the password > file.\n"; open... or die "There was an error opening the password file: $!\n"; Including the $! will give you the standard error message for whatever went wrong. -- With the arrest of Dimitry Sklyarov it has become apparent that it is not safe for non US software engineers to visit the United States. - Alan Cox "To prevent unauthorized reading..." - Adobe eBook reader license