Not sure where the problem is, and am not having luck with the archives. I've got a little dummy script
<--begin quoted--> #!/usr/bin/perl $foo = <STDIN>; print $foo . "\n"; <--end quoted> It just sits and spins until I kill it. I tried "export PERLIO=perlio" in my .bashrc, but maybe that just displays an unflattering willingness to try things I don't totally dig. Of course, $foo = "constant"; worked just fine. Will beg for clues. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/