When doing Build All we get the error message below after a few seconds. Doing Staggered (Auto) doesn't give this message but the results are the same: namely that new additions are not shown on the links pages although they do show up when a search is done. Everything was working fine, before.

Any ideas please? Thanks

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CGI ERROR
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Error Message : fatal error: Illegal division by zero at nph-build.cgi line 432, chunk 240.

Script Location : nph-build.cgi
Perl Version : 5.00404

Form Variables
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Environment Variables
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AUTH_TYPE : Basic
CONTENT_LENGTH : 0
etc
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This means that there is a syntax error in your links.cfg file in line 432.

Open the links.cfg file, and copy lines 430 - 440 in this Thread.

Regards,

Eliot Lee
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
Web: http://www.anthrotech.com/

Many thanks for your reply.

Is the problem really in links.cfg, not nph-build.cfg?

links.cfg doesn't seem to have 432 lines, unless I'm counting wrong.

How do I count the lines? Can I use "go to line x" in Word?

I don't understand what you mean by "copy the lines in this thread". Do you mean replace them from the original file?

Thanks again for your help!

Sorry...my mistake...I meant the <b>nph-build.cgi</b>.

What I mean by "copying the codes and pasting them in the Thread" is as follows:

1) Open the file via telnet...

a) Go to the directory:

<pre>cd /cgi-bin/links/admin/
</pre><p>b) Open the file:

<pre>vi nph-build.cgi
</pre><p>2) Then go to <b>line 430</b>:

<pre>:430
</pre><p>3) Then highlight the next ten lines and then go to the <b>File</b> option in telnet, and <b>COPY</b> the codes.

4) Then paste the codes in Notepad to save the codes.

5) Then access this forum, and go to this Thread.

6) Then go to your <b>Edit</b> option in your browser's toolbar.

7) Then click on <b>Paste</b> after you have put your cursor in the <b>text box</b>.

Get it?

Regards,

Eliot Lee
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
Web: http://www.anthrotech.com/

Thanks again. Now I understand you want to see the coding.

I can download the file from the server by FTP BUT:
- I don't have telnet (I think)
- I still don't know how to count the lines (blank lines included or not etc?). I guess you don't want the whole file.

Are we still talking about nph-build.cgi, because you suddenly mentioned nph-verify.cgi but this doesn't seem to have anything like 432 lines.

Thanks again. Sorry to be a dummy. Incidentally, everything has been working fine for months. Why would there suddenly be something wrong in a file? Can it get corrupted by a server malfunction?

Okay..it is the nph-build.cgi file that I am referring to since that is the file where the error message is coming from...sorry for the confusion in my last post. I edited it.

Anyway...since I presume you have not edited the nph-build.cgi file, the problem is most likely related to building the url.db file. I would check the following:

1) Make sure that you have a url.db file uploaded in your /data/ directory.

2) Make sure that this file is set to 666 (rw-rw-rw-).

Regards,

Eliot Lee
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
Web: http://www.anthrotech.com/

url.db does exist and is 666.

I noticed that links.db was only rw-r-r. Could this be a/the problem?

Thanks.

Yes. Everything in the /data directory needs to bw rw-rw-rw
(666)

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