Hi, use lib blah; is equivalent to unshift (@INC, blah); manoj -- "I resolved no to be offended easily by human nature, but I think I blew it." Hobbes Manoj Srivastava Systems Research Programmer, Project Pilgrim, Phone: (413) 545-3918 A143B Lederle Graduate Research Center, Fax: (413) 545-1249 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 <srivasta@pilgrim.umass.edu> <URL:http://www.pilgrim.umass.edu/%7Esrivasta/>