earthboundmisfit thanx for that one, that fixed my internal server error... and Sinister ?... too cool, it worked ! ( i was using the right encrypt... thanx for noting...)(for a jpg anyway) gonna run with it...thanx guys.... Final Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use CGI qw/:standard/;
##############################################################
###                   Variable Definitions                 ###
##############################################################
my($FileHandle) = "";
my($FileStream) = "";
##############################################################
###                Main Program Begins Here                ###
##############################################################
$FileHandle = CGI::->new();
$FileStream = $FileHandle->param('AUT_File');
open (OUTFILE, ">test.jpg");
print OUTFILE <$FileStream>;
close (OUTFILE);
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hey, i was close... *heh* thanx again everyone... i been trying this "feature" for my gallery for weeks....lol -gary