Ouch ...Please use code tags next time. On your question( at least what I think you question is ;) Try just using adding or die "whatever you want the error to be $!\n" to the system line -Aseidas


UPDATE:disregard my method for the error trapping. Please use Derby's method mine is very simplistic and in reading your post again will not really do what you want i.e; exit on that specific error but please do use code tags