Grant wrote: : open(LABEL,">/path/to/the/$file.gif");
This should be working. Perhaps $file does not have in it what you think it does. Since I/O operations should be checked for success anyway, try this. open LABEL, ">/path/to/the/$file.gif" or die qq(Cannot open "/path/to/the/$file.gif": $!); HTH, Charles K. Clarkson -- Mobile Homes Specialist Free Market Advocate Web Programmer 254 968-8328 Don't tread on my bandwidth. Trim your posts. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>