Instead, why not just
open and
print the file to the web browser? I like something like this:
{
local *INPUT;
open (INPUT, "file.ext") or warn "Cannot open file: $!" && return;
print while (<INPUT>);
close INPUT;
}
Saves on memory that way. If you're not in a subroutine, you'll get an error message with the
return statement. You can avoid it this way:
{
local *INPUT;
if (open(INPUT, "file.ext")) {
print while (<INPUT>);
close INPUT;
}
# for diagnostic purposes, uncomment these lines
# else {
# print "Couldn't open file: $!";
# }
}