This is the perl5 IO distribution. This distribution is included in the perl5 core distribution. You should only need to install this distribution if it is newer than your perl installation. To install this distribution you will need access rights to the perl install ation on your system, as it overwrites your currently installed version of IO. This distribution relies upon the Socket module (version 1.3), which is avaliable from CPAN. Although you should not need to get this if your version of perl is fairly recent, as Socket is also distributed in the core perl distribution. If you do not have the required modules, you will see a warning when the Makefile is built. To build, test and install this distribution type: perl Makefile.PL make test make install Share and Enjoy! Graham Barr