tell me what i'm missing when this test does not print true: xlog("L_INFO", "$au $rU $ar $rd\n"); if (($au != $rU) || ($ar != $rd)) { xlog("L_INFO", "true"); } when xlog before test prints openser[18157]: <null> jh <null> test.fi why is <null> equal to jh and <null> equal to test.fi? -- juha