in reply to creating directories

Hi,
you should consider using File::Spec->catfile for the generation of filenames when you want to write portable code, I think. It takes care of system properties like the path-separator "/" (real) or "\" (fake ;-)
Regards
Stefan K
$dom = "skamphausen.de"; ## May The Open Source Be With You! $Mail = "mail@$dom; $Url = "http://www.$dom";