ok. I changed the output directory to feed/. The permissions are set to 777.

My output file name (in Configuration is- herbschina

The popup confirmation window shows the following:
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Google Merchant Center Feeder v1.10.2 started 2011/10/05 13:30:44
Feed file - /home/herbschi/public_html/zen/feed/google/GOOGLE_PRODUCTS_OUTPUT_FILENAME_products_.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No

Google Merchant Center File Complete In 0.002641 Seconds 0 of 0 Records
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ALSO This isafter I run the feed in tools NOTE the warning message

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Google Merchant Center Feeder
Feed Type:
Max Products
Starting Point


Available Files

Warning: filemtime() [function.filemtime]: stat failed for /home/herbschi/public_html/zen/GOOGLE_PRODUCTS_DIRECTORYgoogle in /home/herbschi/public_html/zen/workhere/googlefroogle.php on line 188
Date (DD/MM/YYYY) Download Link Action
5/10/2011 google Delete Upload