Jason Aaron Osgood wrote: > I'm stumped. Maybe someone can help. > [snip] > I can't figure out how to retrieve the cid value from within the box. > Isn't the cid supposed to be passed in? Then I do something like "my > $cid = shift;", right? I've tried dozens of different secret > handshakes, but can't figure out how to pass any value (whatsoever) > into my box. > There is a special array called $ARGS passed to the box code. The arguments are passed in that. my $cid = $ARGS[0]; See http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/guide/5_3_Working_with.html