At 09:19 PM 10/15/99 -0500, Brian wrote:

did you try escaping the backslashes like:

my $outputfile = "e:\\inetpub\\mrtg\\modem-fail.htm";

I hadn't tried that, it worked. I had tried e:%\inetpub%\mrtg... and just ended up with the same name including %'s. Thanks a bunch, -- Kirk Mitchell-General Manager mitch@keyconn.net Keystone Connect Unlock Your World Altoona, PA 814-941-5000 http://www.keyconn.net - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.