Thank you, mscudder! BTW...the expected use is simply for logging the execution of a working script, not for debugging, anyway. I had nearly given up on finding an event log, and will gladly use your package.
Now...excuse the Perl-newbie dumb question - since this is a package, how do I use it in a script? Do I code a "use" statement, or perform an "exec" or "system"?