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From:   owner-monkeyjunkies@wired.com on behalf of Tamara Temple
Sent:   Thursday, November 26, 1998 3:11 AM
To:     monkeyjunkies@wired.com
Subject:        RE: [mj] CGI.pm Multi-Part Forms, sendmail attachments

> 'Gotta' agree with Alan `McCoy's <objunky> regarding CGI.pm!

me too me too!

 > I've got a form set up just fine, but i'd also like to allow the user
 > to upload a file that would ideally be sent along as an attachment
 > with the sendmail portion of the script i'm using on the page.

umm -- isn't this explained in the CGI.pm Pod?  'Creating a File Upload
Field' describes how to do this:


  print $q->start_multipart_form(),
                  $q->filefield(-name='uploadfile',-size='50'),
                  $q->endform;


and you process the file. If you're expecting binary (or you don't know what
to expect), then process the file using binary reads:


  $filename = $q->param('uploadfile');
  open OUT '>/tmp/safe/place/to/store/files.bin';
  while ($bytesrd=read($filename,$buffer,1024)) {
          print OUT $buffer;
  }
  close OUT;


and now you can continue to futz with the file all you want.