Hi, ritchie writes: > What I'm trying to get is to run a standalone .rb file and then get > the variables it's created so I can pass them into another function. I think what you want is 'load file.rb'. Dan -- /^Dan Debertin$/ airboss / nodewarrior.org www.nodewarrior.org ignorami: n: The art of folding problem users into representational shapes.