my bad. The code is below with the proper markings. Again, the problem seems to be with the return of Parse.pm. All Parse.pm does it take the file, go thru it, and put parts in a mysql db. This does work. Let me know if I should post more. Thanks again. Tried -w and strict - no help!

Main file: 

use Parse; # my custom Parse.pm in /etc/perl/ 
<use Moving; # my custom Moving.pm in /etc/perl ..... 
foreach $file (@filelist) {
   Parse::parse_file($file); 
   Moving::move_file($file); 
   ...
}

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Parse.pm
package Parse; 
sub parse_file { 
   $file = $_[0]; 
  # put data in database, etc.  this all works file 
} 
return 1;

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Moving.pm
package Moving;
sub move_file {
   $oldfile = $_[0]; 
  # move a file, rename it, etc
} 
return 1;

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In reply to Re^2: return from external subroutine by kathys39
in thread return from external subroutine by kathys39

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