... or because the quoting (or OS) is different? Compare jeffa's -- which adds single quotes (which the op lacks) around the var list as well as the ampersand.
yeah, i saw that and also tried it with quotes. doesnt seem to make a difference.
I've investigated a bit more and it looks like the .cgi script i am calling from the first script, is getting the vars from the first scripts vars...
Just about to do an update on my orig post for more info...