Ok, I am attempting to write a file upload form, and a cgi script to deal with it. Right now, I am mainly just testing my logic. I am doing my testing on a Redhat Linux 7.2 server running the latest version of Apache. HTML Code for the form and for the script follow:
<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Upload Form</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY><CENTER>
<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="cgi-bin/upload.cgi">
File Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<INPUT TYPE="FILE" NAME="file">
<BR><BR><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Submit">
</FORM>
</CENTER></BODY>
</HTML>

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And now the script:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

# I am not using taint yet, but when I get
# ready to deploy this, it will be there

use strict;
use CGI;

my $Q=new CGI;
my $File=$Q->param('file');

# I know what I am sending right now
# so when I turn on tainting, the below
# regex will DEFINITELY be changing

if($File=~/\/root\/text/){
  print $Q->header;
  print $Q->start_html('File is Correct');
  print $Q->h1("File is $File");
  print $Q->end_html;
}else{
  print $Q->header;
  print $Q->start_html('File is Incorrect');
  print $Q->h1("File is $File");
  print $Q->end_html;
}

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The error in the log is stating that the $File variable is undefined, which means that the form isn't passing the name. Please just point me in the right direction, and I should be able to handle it from there.

TStanley
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In reply to Uploading a file with CGI by TStanley

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