On Apr 1, 2005 6:39 PM, Charles K. Clarkson wrote: > > Using a "\n" after the $! variable suppresses information about > the error.
Correction - the "\n" doesn't suppress the information because it comes after the "$!" variable - it has nothing to do with it. This behaviour is due to "die". From "perldoc -f die": If the last element of LIST does not end in a newline, the current script line number and input line number (if any) are also printed, and a newline is supplied. Hope this helps,, -- Offer Kaye -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>