>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Schiele <rschiele@xxxxxxxxx> writes: Robert> - open($fh, '-|', @_) or die; Robert> + open($fh, '-|', join(' ', @_)) or die; No. This is dangerous. If you want 5.6 equivalent code, you'll have to use something that deals with the explicit fork() of open($fh, '-|'). -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html