Mary Anderson: > open(LOG,">>.\guestbook.err")||
Simply try '>>./guestbook.err'. BTW, whitepace is cheap nowadays: my $logfile = './guestbook.err'; open( LOG, '>>', $logfile ) or die "Couldn't open log ($logfile) $!"; -- Grtz, Ruud -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>