I'm pretty sure I read that no backticks, system, or exec calls are allowed. So, no. -jsn -------------------------------------------------- Tue, 8 May 2001 12:17:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time "Sergey Sheykin" <sheich@mosinfo.ru> Hi, can I use commands in `` in the [perl] $files = `ls -c *.*`; [/perl]