Thanks i will definitely check that out, still a lot of learning to do. BTW i did figure out who to do what i asked finally just by gaining more experience with the scripting language i should have used c:/ $+ $nick $+ _inventory.txt for anyone out there that may be curious, i will probably however use an INI instead since i do like the structure of it. As long as i can figure out how to add things to sections as opposed to just overwriting them