well it's not working.
:-)

due to the way my ISP works I have had to install CGI.pm in my own webspace -
i modified the fileman.cgi to refect this
thusly:-

# Required Libraries
# --------------------------------------------------------
# use strict; # File uploads don't work with use strict in place, although script compiles with use strict.
use vars qw(%config %icons $in);
use lib '/location/of/dir/holding/CGI.pm/fileman/';
use CGI qw(:cgi);
$in = new CGI;

# Configuartion

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all other locations have been double checked (I have quite a few working .pl scripts, but this one refuses to do anything!)

any ideas on what to try next

*blush*

being a unix user and working on a unix server -
basically the files needed dos2unix run on them

works a treat now =B-)

^M^M^M^M