Try something like: 
my $file = $q->param("uploaded_file") || error($q,"No file received");
my $type = $q->uploadInfo($file)->{'Content-Type'};
my $buffer = "";
my $type =~ s!^image/([a-zA-Z]+)$!$1!;

open OUTFILE, ">$upload_dir/$file" or die "Cannot open file";
while ($bytesread=read OUTFILE, $buffer, 1024) {
  print OUTFILE $buffer;
}
close OUTFILE;

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Or you could make the last part a bit simpler 
open OUTFILE, ">$upload_dir/$file" or die "Cannot open file";
while (<$file>) {
  print OUTFILE;
}
close OUTFILE;

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That should get you on the right track.

HTH, --traveler UPDATE: Corrected stupidities due to doing two things at once.

In reply to Re: saving a file uploaded with cgi...this is driving me insane. by traveler
in thread saving a file uploaded with cgi...this is driving me insane. by Anonymous Monk

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