Hi Monks,
I have a very old form that I was asked to touch up and add some functionality to. I have everything all taken care of except writing the form data to a flat file. I have done this many many times in the past but I can't seem to figure out why this one isn't working. Here is a snippet:

...
$FieldName = $cgi->param('Field Name');
...
sub flatFile{
    open(FLATFILE, ">> /tmp/flatfile.data") or die $!;
    #will loop through and tab params, just for testing
    print FLATFILE $FieldName;
    close (FLATFILE);
}
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When I run the script from the command line (off-line mode), it creates/writes to flatfile.data. When I run from the form (on submit), it does not create or write to flatfile.data, however a confrimation email is sent and everything else is fine. Permissions are correct and I get no warnings or errors. Any ideas?

Thanks Monks!
update: code typo

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