On Wednesday 12 May 2010, HACKER Nora wrote: > Thanks for your explanation and the reference to perldoc, I understand now. > But it doesn't work yet, I still get the same error. I have altered my source > now as follows: > > my %stp_dirs = ( "mvb" => "\%mvb_dirs", > "pkv" => "\%pkv_dirs", > "av" => "\%av_dirs", > "be" => "\%be_dirs", > "vvw" => "\%vvw_dirs" );
Remove the quotes. When you put something around quotes, you're telling it's a string and a reference is not a string as you know. -- Regards, Akhthar Parvez K http://Tips.SysAdminGUIDE.COM UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity - Dennie Richie
