I have a modified script that I would like to write to selected files specified by the html form and I am in need of some direction for I am lost. I was hoping that this would work but alas, it dosen't and I'm not sure why. Please excuse my lack of understanding...I am still learning.

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
# Define Variables

$basedir = "$ENV{'DOCUMENT_ROOT_OLD'}/www";
$baseurl = "http://www.whatever.com";
$cgi_url = "http://www.whatever.com/cgi-bin/add.pl";

$mesgdir = "messages";
$datafile = "data.txt";


$ext = "html";

$title = "Recipes";

# Done

# Get the Data Number
&get_number;

# Get Form Information
&parse_form;

# Put items into nice variables
&get_variables;

# Open the new file and write information to it.
&new_file;

# Open the Main WWWBoard File to add link
&main_page;

# Increment Number
&increment_num;

############################
# Get Data Number Subroutine

sub get_number {
   open(NUMBER,"$basedir/$catagory/$datafile");
   $num = <NUMBER>;
   close(NUMBER);
   if ($num == 999999 || $num !~ /^\d+$/)  {
      $num = "1";
   }
   else {
      $num++;
   }
}

#######################
# Parse Form Subroutine

sub parse_form {
   local($name,$value);

   # Get the input
   read(STDIN, $buffer, $ENV{'CONTENT_LENGTH'});

   # Split the name-value pairs
   @pairs = split(/&/, $buffer);

   foreach $pair (@pairs) {
      ($name, $value) = split(/=/, $pair);

      # Un-Webify plus signs and %-encoding
      $value =~ tr/+/ /;
      $value =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C", hex($1))/eg;

      # Remove any NULL characters, Server Side Includes
      $value =~ s/\0//g;
      $value =~ s/<!--(.|\n)*-->//g;
      $value =~ s/<([^>]|\n)*>//g;
         
      

      $FORM{$name} = $value;
   

# Get Variables

sub get_variables {

   if ($FORM{'catagory'}) {
      $name = "$FORM{'catagory'}";
      $name =~ s/"//g;
      $name =~ s/<//g;
      $name =~ s/>//g;
      $name =~ s/\&//g;
   }
   

   
   if ($FORM{'subject'}) {
      $subject = "$FORM{'subject'}";
      $subject =~ s/\&/\&amp\;/g;
      $subject =~ s/"/\&quot\;/g;
   }
   

   
   if ($FORM{'body'}) {
      $body = "$FORM{'body'}";
      $body =~ s/\cM//g;
      $body =~ s/\n\n/<p>/g;
      $body =~ s/\n/<br>/g;

      $body =~ s/&lt;/</g; 
      $body =~ s/&gt;/>/g; 
      $body =~ s/&quot;/"/g;
   }

   if ($FORM{'serves'}) {
      $invoice = "$FORM{'serves'}";
   }      

   
   ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime(t
+ime);

   $month = ($mon + 1);

   @months = ("January","February","March","April","May","June","July"
+,"August","September","October","November","December");

   $year += 1900;
   $long_date = sprintf("%s %02d, %4d at %02d:%02d:%02d",$months[$mon]
+,$mday,$year,$hour,$min,$sec);

   $year %= 100;
   if ($use_time == 1) {
      $date = sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d %02d/%02d/%02d",$hour,$min,$sec,
+$month,$mday,$year);
   }
   else {
      $date = sprintf("%02d/%02d/%02d",$month,$mday,$year);
   }
}      

#####################
# New File Subroutine

sub new_file {

   open(NEWFILE,">$basedir/$catagory/$mesgdir/$num\.$ext") || die $!;
   print NEWFILE "<html>\n";
   print NEWFILE "<head>\n";
   print NEWFILE "<title>$subject</title>\n";
   print NEWFILE "<STYLE type=text/css>\n";
   print NEWFILE ".wrapIt {\n";
   print NEWFILE "width:400px;\n";
   print NEWFILE "word-wrap:breakword;\n";
   print NEWFILE "background-color:white;\n";
   print NEWFILE "}\n";
   print NEWFILE "</STYLE>\n";
   print NEWFILE "</head>\n";
   print NEWFILE "<noframes>\n";
   print NEWFILE "<body>\n";
   print NEWFILE "</noframes>\n";
   print NEWFILE "</br>\n";

   print NEWFILE " <div align=center CLASS=body><center><table border=
+0>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     <tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td align=center valign=top colspan=5>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <font size=5><strong>$subject</strong></fon
+t></td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     </tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     <tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     </tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     <tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td align=center valign=top colspan=5>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <font size=5><strong>Serves: $serves</stron
+g></font></td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     </tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     <tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     </tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     <tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     </tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     <tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td colspan=5>Ingredients:</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     </tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     <tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td>$labor</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     </tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     <tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td align=center colspan=5>&nbsp</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     </tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     <tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td colspan=5>Method:</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     </tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     <tr>\n";
   $body = 'OH CRAP' if ! defined $body;
   print NEWFILE "         <td colspan=5 CLASS=wrapIt>$body</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     </tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     <tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE "         <td rowspan=2 colspan=5>&nbsp;</td>\n";
   print NEWFILE "     </tr>\n";
   print NEWFILE " </table>\n";
   print NEWFILE " </center></div>\n";
    
  
   
   print NEWFILE "</body></html>\n";
   close(NEWFILE);
}

###############################
# Main Page Subroutine

sub main_page {
   open(MAIN,"$basedir/$catagory\.$ext") || die $!;
   @main = <MAIN>;
   close(MAIN);
}

############################################
# Return html

sub return_html {
   print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
   print "<html><head>\n";
   print "<title>$subject</title>\n";
   
   print "</head>\n";
   print "<noframes>\n";
   print "<body bgcolor=#FFFFFF>\n";
   print "<font size=2><b>Entry has been logged, click <a href=\"http:
+//wwwdesignaz.netfirms.com/recipes.html\">here</a> to return home.\n"
+;
   print "</b></font>\n";
   print "</body></html>\n";
}

sub increment_num {
   open(NUM,">$basedir/$catagory/$datafile") || die $!;
   print NUM "$num";
   close(NUM);
}

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