Easy Populate Problems

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Before I start with the problem, let me state that I have read numerous threads about Easy Populate.  I have checked my $temp in easypopulate.php, and it is set to:

 $tempdir = "/catalog/temp/";
 $tempdir2 = "catalog/temp/";

And yes, the /temp directory has the permissions of 777on the server.  I am not so sure about on the local PC (I am not much of a Windows person...).  So then, here is the problem:

Warning: Unable to create '.../OS_Commerce_Shopping_script/catalog//catalog/temp/EP2003Sept10-1402.txt': No such file or directory in .../OS_Commerce_Shopping_script/catalog/admin/easypopulate_functions.php on line 32

Warning: Unable to move '/tmp/phpKiR27w' to '.../OS_Commerce_Shopping_script/catalog//catalog/temp/EP2003Sept10-1402.txt' in /var/www/karlin/public_html/scripts/OS_Commerce_Shopping_script/catalog/admin/easypopulate_functions.php on line 32


File uploaded. 
Temporary filename: /tmp/phpKiR27w
User filename: EP2003Sept10-1402.txt
Size: 44992

Warning: file(".../OS_Commerce_Shopping_script/catalog//catalog/temp/EP2003Sept10-1402.txt") - No such file or directory in .../OS_Commerce_Shopping_script/catalog/admin/easypopulate.php on line 720

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in .../OS_Commerce_Shopping_script/catalog/admin/easypopulate.php on line 738


[b]Please also note this when I look in Tools/File Manager:[/b]
File Manager
.../OS_Commerce_Shopping_script/catalog[color=red]//[/color]temp

OR

File Manager
.../OS_Commerce_Shopping_script/catalog[color=red]//[/color]images

This does not seem right to me, but I have no idea how to fix it.  Perhaps this weirdness is causing the Easy Populate errors?

Regards,
Karlin