yes, the path is set:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl5

i added a copy of the blank keywords.txt file in both directories just to see if possibly it was looking to write outside the current directory - both files remain blank, and i have done numerous searches to test it

I have the file actually set to 777 just to make certain there is no problem there - once i can figure out what is going on I will crank the persmissions down

yes, the file is empty in ftp

its a mystery to me too.....


here is the code snippet from db.cgi:

# First thing we do is find out what we are searching for. We build a list of fields
# we want to search on in @search_fields.
if ($in{'keyword'}) { # If this is a keyword search, we are searching the same
&track_kwords;
$i = 0; # thing in all fields. Make sure "match any" option is
$in{'ma'} = "on"; # on, otherwise this will almost always fail.
foreach $column (@db_cols) {
if (($db_sort{$column} eq 'date') or &date_to_unix($in{'keyword'})) { $i++; next; }
if ($i == $auth_user_field) { $i++; next; }
push (@search_fields, $i); # Search every column
$in{$column} = $in{'keyword'}; # Fill %in with keyword we are looking for.
$i++;
}
}


there are no error messages being generated

welcome to the twilight zone......