In case you are interested, the reason why I wnat to access the file ON the AIX machine and not just ftp the file to my PC is because that file on the AIX machine is constantly updating. I hve another perl script on the AIX machine taht runs every 15 mins to update that text file. And my CGI program needs to get from taht text file. So that's why. again, I don;t expect you to code it for me, but any kinda help would be find or at least just give me some directions. I don't even knwo wehre to look or I don';t eve know if Perl can do this.\