The application reads configuration from a cfg file to pick up flags. Because of speed to deploy and that these are inhouse files validation on each and every setting was not done in code. A few new fields were added and not populated in the 2 configs going south. Populated them with defaults and app runs like a champ. It appears that the open64 error was a red herring. printf is your friend:)
I didnt find it, the coder did. Great job,
thanx,
bill