How to pass filepath as a parameter to URL using perl (SOLVED)

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My below query was solved. please refer stackoverflow
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32385729/how-to-pass-filepath-as-a-parameter-to-url-using-perl
I am testing my perl code. I want to pass filepath as a paramter to the URL of the page. The perl code is dependent on this filepath entirely. When i set the filepath inside my perl code. (hard coded path), i am able to execute the perl code without any errors. Here is the variable my $filename="\\\\sfoaepmdata.dcc.com\\folder\\data.txt"; If i pass it via URL, it doesnt work as expected. Can anyone suggest how to pass filepath as a variable in the URL ? Here is what all i tried to someohow transfer $filename from url to perl code.

     http://apmqa.dcc.com/cgi-bin/test/editor.pl?filename=\\\\sfoaepmd
+ata.dcc.com\\folder\\data.txt
    http://apmqa.dcc.com/cgi-bin/test/editor.pl?filename=\\sfoaepmdata
+.dcc.com\folder\data.txt 
    http://apmqa.dcc.com/cgi-bin/test/editor.pl?filename=//sfoaepmdata
+.dcc.com/folder/data.txt
    http://apmqa.dcc.com/cgi-bin/test/editor.pl?filename=////sfoaepmda
+ta.dcc.com//folder//data.txt 
    http://apmqa.dcc.com/cgi-bin/test/editor.pl?filename=file://sfoaep
+mdata.dcc.com/folder/data.txt
    http://apmqa.dcc.com/cgi-bin/test/editor.pl?filename=file:////sfoa
+epmdata.dcc.com//folder//data.txt
    http://apmqa.dcc.com/cgi-bin/test/editor.pl?filename=http:////sfoa
+epmdata.dcc.com//folder//data.txt
    http://apmqa.dcc.com/cgi-bin/test/editor.pl?filename=http://sfoaep
+mdata.dcc.com/folder/data.txt
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The above data may seem confusing. But please only read values after ?filename. Can anyone pls suggest. I also tried passing other normal paramters and it worked. for e.g. $account=GEL; the filepath doesnt work.

 
    http://apmqa.dcc.com/cgi-bin/test/editor.pl?account=GEL
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Re: How to pass filepath as a parameter to URL using perl by choroba (Cardinal) on Sep 03, 2015 at 22:35 UTC
Crossposted at StackOverflow. It's considered polite to inform about crossposting so the people not attending both the sites don't waste their time hacking a solution for a problem already solved at the other end of the internet. لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply]
Re: How to pass filepath as a parameter to URL using perl by Corion (Patriarch) on Sep 03, 2015 at 21:59 UTC
How do you get `$filename` from the URL? What is the error message you get?	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How to pass filepath as a parameter to URL using perl by ww (Archbishop) on Sep 03, 2015 at 23:12 UTC
Simplify; clarify! IOW, present a concise, compilable piece of code that illustrates your problem. (Non-concise: all the references to 'http://apmqa.dcc.com/cgi-bin/test/editor.pl' which do nothing useful to clarify your problem.) *Questions containing the words "doesn't work" (or their moral equivalent) will usually get a downvote from me unless accompanied by:* code verbatim error and/or warning messages *a coherent explanation of what "doesn't work* actually means.**	[reply]