Could that be the problem? Since I do not open binary files myself: the Archive::Tar module handles reading and saving the archive files... but maybe binmode is the corner I should look... I'll examine the module.
I did not use 'die' to prevent the 'at d:\exec\perl\cn\pack.pl line 47' (or whatsoever) message
my $native_language = "Dutch";
my $code = not $tested unless $specified{$otherwise};