Do what ar0n says - check that log file!

Of course, that really won't do you much good unless you change your open line to something like:

open(A, "xx.pl $value|") or print STDERR "oops: $!\n";
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tail -f /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log is your friend. :)

Jeff

R-R-R--R-R-R--R-R-R--R-R-R--R-R-R--
L-L--L-L--L-L--L-L--L-L--L-L--L-L--