Hi,
Do you use the filefield method in CGI, f.e. (from the CGI docs)

print $query->filefield(-name=>'uploaded_file',
                        -default=>'starting value',
                        -size=>50,
                        -maxlength=>80);
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-or-

print $query->filefield('uploaded_file','starting value', 50,80);
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This will not change the contents of the file.

You can read the file by

$filename = $query->param('uploaded_file');
while (<$filename>) {
  print;
  }
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Note: this is just copy-n-paste from CGI.
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Dr. Mark Ceulemans
Senior Consultant
IT Masters, Belgium