THE CGI bit


#! usr/bin/perl -w

use CGI;
print STDOUT $query->header();
print STDOUT $query->start_html( -title=> "results";
                                 -BGCOLOR=>"#ccddff");


# Get the file from the html form
$file_contents = $query->param('file');

# read the file in line by line

while (defined ($line = <$file_contents>))   {

     $info = $info.$line;


  }


# prints the file contents but loses all tab-delimited formatting.

print STDOUT "$info<P>";

# slurp file into scalar variable

$data = do { local $/; <$info>; };


# the following does nothing

print STDOUT "$data";