This is odd. Apparently webcal.cgi, the script that I am backtick-invoking from within my own Perl script hcm.cgi, is reading the parameters passed to hcm.cgi, not the parameters sent to webcal.cgi via qx//.

Go figure. It makes sense in some vague fuzzy way, but I have to marinate on that one. At any rate I can work with it.

Thx again for the replies,


Pliny