> Looks like you forgot quotes. Try > $ perl 'system("echo foo | /bin/m4")' Thanks Eric $ perl -e 'system("echo foo | /bin/m4")' foo $ I take it the test results are basically OK and the paket can be used as is. As Interix is based on BSD it would be interesting to see how it compares to other BSD systems. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf