VMS::DCLsym is an extension to Perl 5 which allows it to manipulate DCL symbols via an object-oriented or tied-hash interface. In order to build the extension, just say $ Perl Makefile.PL $ MMK in the directory containing the source files. Once it's built, you can run the test script by saying $ Perl "-Iblib" test.pl Finally, if you want to make it part of your regular Perl library, you can say $ MMK install If you have any problems or suggestions, please feel free to let me know. Regards, Charles Bailey bailey@newman.upenn.edu 17-Aug-1995