Was I naive in doing this? 
$working_dir = $0;
$working_dir =~ s#(.*)/.*$#$1#;
chdir $working_dir;

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Honestly, on submit, I get a confirmation page and an email, but no flat file (that's why I am pulling my hair out). I also made certain it was the correct cgi. I have never had a flat file give me fits like this! I might have to dig deeper into this new development server, I will run Devel::Trace right now.

update:BINGO! It was a problem with the development server. I had the form on the production side and the cgi on the development side. After running Devel::Trace I saw where everything was going and that solved the problem (once the flatfile was created manually and placed on production side, it worked). Thank you all for the help.

In reply to Re^2: flat file problem by csuhockey3
in thread flat file problem by csuhockey3

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