Hi, I am using a FTP session in my perl script and i want to update the time taken by the process. But i feel that there may be problem with the code. thanks for any help you can provide... Code -- > ================================== $sd=`date +%m/%d/%Y`; $st=`date +%H:%M:%S`; print FTP "bin\n$_[5] $_[4]\n"; print FTP "dir $_[4] $_[4].$_[1]\n"; print FTP "bye\n" ; $ed=`date +%m/%d/%Y`; $et=`date +%H:%M:%S`; ================================== Thanks SureshA [EMAIL PROTECTED] =============================================================================== The cause of evil is our desire to be superior to others and our selfishness. ===============================================================================