>>Some of my assumptions may be way off base;

Some are, but thanks for working through the problem for me in an unbiased manner. You helped me realize that the problem is directly related to IO::handle, Filehandle.pm and the custom library "logfile.pm", which references them.

>>I had a hard time following your description of >>your problem, but as best I understand it, it _sounds_ >>like the custom modules aren't really your problem, >> but some core modules that you (or the custom modules) >>use. This implies that someone at your site has >>messed with the core modules in an inappropriate way.

Perl is in bad shape on all of the UNIX systems. I am trying to rectify that.

Thanks for your help :)

-P0w3rK!d