(Oh yea, and the "if" that's checking on the unlink to get rid of the file isn't working, either - the file unlinks fine but I always get the message. *grin*)

Usually, if a Perl feature isn't working as I expect, my first port of call will be Perl's extensive documentation. Try typing perldoc -f unlink in your shell, or from a browser here.

From unlink:

Deletes a list of files. Returns the number of files successfully deleted