Hi fellow monks, Im currently working on a project for a bio-computing problem but im having a problem with uploading a file from the users home dir via web page. I have a cgi script to run as the home page with a file upload box. the code in this html file contains: 
print("<form action=Project1.cgi method=POST ENCTYPE=\"multipart\form-
+data\">");

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which then when executed calls up Project1.cgi. Im new to this game so i need some help.... I cant seem to open the file the user chooses. the code for Project 1 is given below. Any help given is taken with an enlightened thanks. 
########
# not sure about this
my @file =();
my $html = new CGI;
my $filehandle = $html->upload('upload');
my $filename = $html->param('upload');


my $line;
my @cols;
########

# read through the file and get the sequence
sub checkFile()
{
 # print("The path name was: $file");
    print("Opening File...");
    open( FILE, "<$filehandle") or die("Error opening the file<BR>");
      
    print("File is now open");
    @file = <FILE>;
    print("<BR><BR> @file<BR><BR>");
    while($line = <FILE>)
    {
      chomp($line);
      if($line =~ /([^ACGTacgt])/) {next;}
      else
      {
        @cols = split(/\s/, $line);
        print("@cols");
      }
      close( FILE ) or die("Error closing the file<BR>");
      print("File is now closed");
    }
}

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Cheers fellow monk buddies.

In reply to Upload a file from home dir by MonkPaul

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