Cool .. never tried strace before. Here's the tail end of what I got: 
write(2, "print on closed filehandle main:"..., 94print on closed file
+handle main::STDBUG at /usr/local/lib/site_perl/CGI/LogCarp.pm line 1
+516.
) = 94
fstat(2, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 0), ...}) = 0
write(2, "[Tue Mar  5 18:35:43 2002]  1789"..., 129[Tue Mar  5 18:35:4
+3 2002]  17898 mgtemp.pl ERR: Use of uninitialized value at /home/fin
+info/htdocs/perllib/dograph.pm line 622.
) = 129
fstat(2, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 0), ...}) = 0
open("/var/MPL/tmp/dailyen/C/CYS04.gp", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666
+ <unfinished ...>
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++

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I know about the undefined value and I've been meaning to fix it, but it occurs in all of the other symbols and it doesn't kill them. Why is the open unfinished?

Maybe I'll go fix that 'undefined' problem and try this all again.

--t. alex

"There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!" --Marvin the Martian

In reply to Re: (2) Segmentation fault during file open by talexb
in thread Segmentation fault during file open by talexb

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