____________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop>perl cp1.pl pid 4296 C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop> _____________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop>type nethelp.txt The syntax of this command is: NET HELP command -or- NET command /HELP Commands available are: NET ACCOUNTS NET HELP NET SHARE NET COMPUTER NET HELPMSG NET START NET CONFIG NET LOCALGROUP NET STATISTICS NET CONFIG SERVER NET NAME NET STOP NET CONFIG WORKSTATION NET PAUSE NET TIME NET CONTINUE NET PRINT NET USE NET FILE NET SEND NET USER NET GROUP NET SESSION NET VIEW NET HELP SERVICES lists some of the services you can start. NET HELP SYNTAX explains how to read NET HELP syntax lines. NET HELP command | MORE displays Help one screen at a time. C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop> ___________________________________________ Can not reproduce on Perl 5.12, Win XP. --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=7883