I'm confused as to where the file for an uploaded file is written to, the OPEN function always fails on me. I always get file permission problem or file or directory does not exist. I'm using Mac OS X's built in Apache Server. I'm unclear as to the structure of where files will be uploaded and how to write it to a directory such as the directory is located in /Library/WebServer/Documents/fileuploads/

#!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI;

$q = new CGI;

print $q->header, $q->start_html(-title=>"Upload Results",-bgcolor=>"w
+hite");
print $q->h2("Upload Results");

$file = $q->param("upfile");
if (!$file) {
    print "Nothing uploaded?<p>\n";
} else {
    print "Filename: $file<br>\n";
    $ctype = $q->uploadInfo($file)->{'Content-Type'};
    print "MIME Type: $ctype<br>\n";
   
 #where is ">$file" going to be written to? and how to set to differen
+t   directory?

    open(OUT,">$file") or dienice("Can't open outfile for writing: $!"
+);

    $flen = 0;
    while (read($file,$i,1024)) {
    print OUT $i;
    $flen = $flen + 1024;
    if ($flen > 5120000) {
        close(OUT);
        dienice("Error - file is too large. Save aborted.<p>");
    }
    }
    close(OUT);
    print "Length: ",$flen/1024,"Kb<p>\n";
    print "File saved!<p>\n";
# display the image. this only works because we have a symlink from
# tmp.gif/jpeg in the current directory, to /tmp/outfile.
    if ($ctype eq "image/gif") {
    print "Here's what you sent:<p>\n";
    print "<img src=\"tmp.gif\" border=1><p>\n";
    } elsif ($ctype eq "image/jpeg") {
    print "Here's what you sent:<p>\n";
    print "<img src=\"tmp.jpg\" border=1><p>\n";
    }
}

$q->end_html;

sub dienice {
    my($msg) = @_;
    print "<h2>Error</h2>\n";
    print "$msg<p>\n";
    exit;
}
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