Tom Edelson wrote: > Under the same conditions (BYPASS on, so DCL can read it, but I don't otherwise have access): > > $ perl -e "$z = opendir($dh,'[.temp]'); print qq([$!][$^E][$z]\n)" > [permission denied][%RMS-E-PRV, insufficient privilege or file protection violation][] > > / Tom > > P.S. VMS Version V7.2-2 I'm on VMS V7.1-2. This is weird. Can anyone else out there provide a data point? Brad