P.S., I've checked the doc and tried "a+". It still does not create ffmail.txt.

@ $results = fopen($datafilename, "a+");
# Open for reading and writing; place the file pointer at the end of the file.
#If the file does not exist, attempt to create it

It does not create it.

John


> FOpen question. My script is dying. "Our results file could not be opened for 
> writing"
> What can I add to get more info from the die? Do I «have» to specify a 
> pathname in $defaultfile?
>
> John
>
>  $defaultfile = "ffmail.txt"; #default file to write to
> @ $results = fopen($datafilename, "a");  #open file and supress errors
>  #print custom error if file doesn't exist or improper permissions
>  if (!$results) { die ("Our results file could not be opened for writing."); }

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