Thanks for the feedback... I am looking for the client side HTTP::Request::Common works OK for small files, but I need a solution that can handle very large files (100 MB+). I can upload very large files using a web browser (Netscape and IE). LWP seems to "slurp" the file before writing it to the Content-Disposition section of the HTTP message, thus causing memory woes on the client - this is also very slow. I am looking for some client side Perl that opens a socket and generates the appropriate HTTP to upload any file - no matter the size - here is an example of a very small text file: 
POST /cgi-bin/upload.pl HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword, application/vnd.
+ms-powerpoint, image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, a
+pplication/pdf, */*
Referer: http://deville/cgi-bin/upload.pl
Accept-Language: en-us
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=--------------------------
+-7d03135102b8
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT)
Host: deville
Content-Length: 316
Connection: Keep-Alive

-----------------------------7d03135102b8
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="D:\hess\dev\www
+\notes\hello.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain

Hello there

-----------------------------7d03135102b8
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="done"

done
-----------------------------7d03135102b8--

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This is an actual header that I sniffed coming from IE 5 on Win NT. I cannot seem to reproduce this header - even hardcoded - to upload t

In reply to Re: How can I upload a file using HTTP POST with Content-Type=multipart/form-data? by bhess
in thread How can I upload a file using HTTP POST with Content-Type=multipart/form-data? by bhess

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