sub normal_search
{

### PERFORM SEARCH

$search_line = $fields{'keywords'};
$icnt = 0;
$toadk = "";

(@skeyw) = split(/ /,$search_line);
$nrkeywords = 0;
foreach $item (@skeyw){$nrkeywords++;}

open (SIDX, "$data_dir/search.idx");


added code below to open 2nd file


open (SIDX2, "$data_dir/search2.idx");



 if ($file_locking ne "No"){flock (SIDX, LOCK_SH) or die "Can't set 
lock for file: $data_dir/search.idx, $data_dir/search2.idx $!\n";}