From: mgarriss Date: 2003-05-27T22:24:50+09:00 Subject: system calls so I can get the standard output from a system call: s = `date` and I can get the return value: system( "date" ) and I have no idea how to get the standard error: ??? but what I really want is all three, like: out, err, ret = really_cool_system( "date" ) Please Help! TIA Michael Garriss