Gidday all, I assume when using die in this format I should see the error message.
#!/usr/bin/perl use CGI qw( :standard ); print header(); $file1 = /web/schooled/www/news/subscribers_news1.txt open IN, "<$file1" or die("Cannot Open: $!"); while( my $record = <IN> ){ chomp $record; @data = split( /\|/, $record); $subscribers1{$data[0]} = $data[1]; } close IN; The program dies but no error prints on the screen. Where am I going wrong? Colin Johnstone -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]