zzapper wrote: > c:/usr/local/bin/perl sdbk.pl $* (hard path to activestate perl) It was my experience that mixing Cygwin and ActiveState Perl was a recipe for frustration. Why can't you just use Cygwin Perl? David -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/