> That may or may not be enough to go on - please check back here if you'd > like more assistance.
I had looked at those recipes (I should have mentioned that I did due diligence on reading all the docs before turning to the list's collective wisdom). As it happens, it leaves kind of open-ended the issue of actual make-style actions (that is, sub-processes versus just doing everything within Perl). Randy -- """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Randy J. Ray Westminster, CO http://www.rjray.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Silicon Valley Scale Modelers: http://www.svsm.org