on Thu, 11 Jul 2002 12:03:06 GMT, William Black wrote: > I'm using the open command with the pipe. For some reason this > doesn't work. Can anyone tell me why? > > open(MAIL,"| mail -s $subject $contact[0]->{email}") || die "can't > create";
Works for me. Could you be more specific wrt "doesn't work"? What is the exact error message? You should also include the '$!' variable in your 'die' string. Are you sure your '$subject' and '$contact[0]->{email}' contain what they should? -- felix -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]