Guy> > Please don't do this ! Configure it to think that csh isn't Guy> > available. You can't make an vital package like Perl depend on an Guy> > optional one like csh ... Guy> Guy> I'm not sure if this is possible. perl uses csh to do its globbing. I Guy> wonder if it could just be changed to use bash? The globbing isn't Guy> completely compatible though. Why can't perl use glob(3)? David