In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris And Madonna Stalnaker) wrote:
> $password eq <STDIN>; eq is a comparison operator not an assignment operator. you meant $password = <STDIN>; always start your scripts with either #!/path/to/perl -w use strict; # ... or under Perl 5.6.1 #!/path/to/perl require 5.006;# not mandatory here, but the line below does require 5.006 use warnings; use strict; # ... and you'll avoid silly mistakes like this. :-) -- Scott R. Godin | e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Laughing Dragon Services | web : http://www.webdragon.net/ It is not necessary to cc: me via e-mail unless you mean to speak off-group. I read these via nntp.perl.org, so as to get the stuff OUT of my mailbox. :-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]