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build all - "fatal error"
Hi,
I've gotten the first couple steps that the read me file recommends doing when setting up the script but when I try to build the script I get the following message:

Building Pages

Pages built on 18-Mar-1999 at 14:09:30
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Backing up database . . .
Backup exists for today.. Skipping
Done.

Building URL Index . . .
Done.

Updating New and Popular Records . . .
What's New Cutoff: 14 days
Popular Cutoff: 2 hits
Updating record: 3, marking as new.
Updating record: 4, marking as new.
Done.

Updating ratings ..
Done.

Loading Category Information . . .
Done.

Gathering Category and Link information . . .
Done

Building Home Pages . . .
Subcategories: 1
Total Links: 2
Opening page: /data1/hypermart.net/bidderz/scs/cgi/links/pages/index.html

CGI ERROR
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Error Message : fatal error: (Maybe you didn't strip carriage returns after a network transfer?)

Script Location : /data1/hypermart.net/bidderz/scs/cgi/links/cgi-bin/admin/nph-build.cgi
Perl Version : 5.00404

Form Variables
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Environment Variables
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DOCUMENT_ROOT : /data1/hypermart.net/bidderz
GATEWAY_INTERFACE : CGI/1.1
HTTP_ACCEPT : image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
HTTP_CONNECTION : Keep-Alive
HTTP_HOST : www.bidderz.com
HTTP_REFERER : http://www.bidderz.com/scs/cgi/links/cgi-bin/admin/admin.cgi?display=navigation
HTTP_USER_AGENT : Mozilla/3.01 (Win95; I)
PATH : /bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
QUERY_STRING :
REMOTE_ADDR : 209.163.11.46
REMOTE_HOST : 209.163.11.46
REMOTE_PORT : 1305
REQUEST_METHOD : GET
REQUEST_URI : /scs/cgi/links/cgi-bin/admin/nph-build.cgi
SCRIPT_FILENAME : /data1/hypermart.net/bidderz/scs/cgi/links/cgi-bin/admin/nph-build.cgi
SCRIPT_NAME : /scs/cgi/links/cgi-bin/admin/nph-build.cgi
SCRIPT_URI : http://www.bidderz.com/scs/cgi/links/cgi-bin/admin/nph-build.cgi
SCRIPT_URL : /scs/cgi/links/cgi-bin/admin/nph-build.cgi
SERVER_ADMIN : webmaster@bidderz.com
SERVER_NAME : www.bidderz.com
SERVER_PORT : 80
SERVER_PROTOCOL : HTTP/1.0
SERVER_SOFTWARE : Apache/1.2.4 FrontPage/3.0.3

If someone could please help with fixing this problem it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Re: build all - "fatal error" In reply to
Hi,
funny how only minuets after posting something in the forum a "brilliant" idea pops into your head on how to fix the problem you just poste in the forum. Seems I uploaded a couple of files in binary mode when they were supposed to be uploaded in ascii.