Your 'value added combination example'

[James W. Sandoz; (BIO;FAC)]

> These filenames are the result of an 'ls' in a directory
> on a remote machine, if you're talking about the array 
> @files generated by these lines
<lots o' stuff deleted>

Got it.  My advice was offered without my closely examing the whole
script.  It was therefore (as you gently pointed out) useless.  

However, if this does result in the forced install of Perl......

	Jim

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