i have encountered a line that says: print "rtn_name=$NAME"; i assume this is supposed to return the variable $NAME to the site that requested it. What i dont understand is, where did "rtn_name" come from? there is no mention or defining of it anywhere in the source files packaged with it. Is this suppoosed to be defined by me?

Think of it this way. If...

$NAME = 'jenna';

Then the line -- print "rtn_name=$NAME"; -- will result in...

rtn_name=jenna