Again -- headache, bad-day etc...
Upon posting/input/creation of said directories/files was then renaming
temp_dir/
to prod_id_dir/
leaving need to COPY
*prod_id_dir/img.jpg
to catalog_dir/img.jpg
Instead, COPYING
temp_dir/img.jpg
to catalog_dir/prod_id.jpg
AND
unlinkING temp_dir/img.jpg
DUH ....
Thanks though for taking time to respond.
Really, it is greatly appreciated!