Hi, This is a question about the overrall process of combining Solaris, Perl, and C++. I am new to PErl and Solaris and any UNIX based OS. The script gathers information and instead of sending it directly to the mail pipeline should convert that into a text file, run a c++ file that analyzes that file and spits out a report, return to perl and have that report appended to the original information, and finally send that out to the MAil pipeline. 1. Creating a textfile instead of sending out the data to the Mail pipeline. ( not sure how to do this but the original script has a while loop for the data and prints it to the mail pipeline. Can i simply open a text file and print it to the text file instead? and, each time does it clear the textfile and write new information?) 2. Runs c++ program (I can get it to run in windows perl. having tested it in solaris yet. not sure exactly how to purport a windows c++ program to run in solaris) 3. Grabbing the file in perl. (use open command and do a loop and print it to the mail pipeline?) 4. attach original (already coded) Any help would be great. Thanks, Joe