> No, it's probably that you are not specifying the index file name.  Try:
> 
> swish-e -T index_metanames -f c:/Swish-e/procedures.idx
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bill Moseley
> moseley@hank.org
> 

That's it, I wasn't telling swish where to look. And then to get all the
returns for an author:

swish-e -w author's name -p author -f c:/Swish-e/procedures.idx

Now, to find what part of that is missing in the search.php
Thanks Bill.