Here is my new code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);

use strict;

my $adfile = '/home/ebrae2/adskingston-www/cgi-bin/ebrae/data/ads.data
+';
my $hits_dir = '/home/ebrae2/adskingston-www/cgi-bin/ebrae/hits/';
my $lines;
my $counter_file;

open(FILE, $adfile) || die "Can't open $adfile";

while ($line = <FILE>) {
  chomp $line;
  
  my @counter_file = split(/\|/,$line);
    
  open (HITS_FILE, ">$hits_dir/$counter_file[0].txt") || die "Can't cr
+eate file";
      ("$hits_dir/$counter_file[0].txt");
    print HITS_FILE "0";
    close (HITS_FILE);
  
  chmod 0666, "$hits_dir/$counter_file[0].txt";
    
  }
  
  close(FILE);
  
  chmod 0666, "$adfile";
  
  print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
  
  print "<BR><CENTER>";
  print "<form><input type=button value=\"Success!\" onClick=\"locatio
+n.href('http://www.adskingston.com')\"></FORM>";
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and it still doesn't work...