Your classic install has the same var files in Variables and CGI directories. The ones in Variables are older. In the order that we install, we are overwriting newer files with older. Plus it sets up a conflict because the instructions for CGI files is 755, but the Variables are 777. Not sure which setting to give the overlapping vars_ files.

I'm sorry, I'm not sure I understand the problem. Can you re-explain the issue?

Do note that we advise using the same directory for your CGI and Variablesd directory (as this is what the configuration expects).

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When I unzip the ubbclassic trial, there are files in cgi-bin and variables that have common filenames. Your installation process has these files copied to the cgi-bin directory on my server. Following your install process, the files in cgi-bin are copied first, then later the files in variables. Because the files have duplicate names, those from variable write over those from cgi-bin. The files in variables are older than those in cgi-bin, and with slightly different byte sizes. So I'm overwriting newer files with older ones.

Since my previous post, my install is working fine. So this is now information only - but I think it is still confusing and probably unintended.

List of duplicate filenames from your ubbclassic trial download:

cgi-bin
...
07/30/2002 01:47p 34,166 vars_wordlets.cgi
07/30/2002 01:47p 131,685 vars_wordlets_cp.cgi
07/30/2002 01:47p 1,123 vars_wordlets_date.cgi
07/30/2002 01:47p 17,539 vars_wordlets_email.cgi
07/30/2002 01:47p 17,857 vars_wordlets_err.cgi
07/30/2002 01:47p 951 vars_wordlets_img.cgi
07/30/2002 01:47p 3,863 vars_wordlets_pntf.cgi
07/30/2002 01:47p 6,494 vars_wordlets_poll.cgi


variables
...
07/08/2002 10:23a 34,242 vars_wordlets.cgi
07/08/2002 10:23a 132,303 vars_wordlets_cp.cgi
07/08/2002 10:23a 1,212 vars_wordlets_date.cgi
07/08/2002 10:23a 17,198 vars_wordlets_email.cgi
07/08/2002 10:23a 17,945 vars_wordlets_err.cgi
07/08/2002 10:23a 1,029 vars_wordlets_img.cgi
07/08/2002 10:23a 3,952 vars_wordlets_pntf.cgi
07/08/2002 10:23a 6,583 vars_wordlets_poll.cgi