hi again Using a fork causes an error and the win2000 popup lets me know that perl.exe has errors, while I hear the hd swapping back and forth. if (fork == 0) { $ftp->Get($1) || &NotValidFile; exit; } I either have activeperl 5.6 (build 616) or (build 623) Your help and guidence is appreciated! Jeremy _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users