Ok, i have the following code 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI qw(:standard);
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);

my $updated = "";
## set up the HTML page with the header and title lines
print header;                  # start HTML head
print start_html("Download page");   # print title bar with string

print <<ENDH;
Content-type: application/octet-stream
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename: $updated
ENDH

open FILE,"<updated/$updated" or die "Can't open: $!";

binmode FILE;
local $/ = \10240;
while (<FILE>) {
  print $_;
}

close FILE;
print end_html;

[download]
and only 
 
print('<a href="download.cgi?file=$updated">Download Files here</a>');

[download]
in the other file. Is this right.

It comes out with an error message, simply $updated not defined. How do i pass the file name and its contents through to this download.cgi script without having to declare it at the top.

Cheers.

In reply to Re: Download File using CGI by MonkPaul
in thread Download File using CGI by MonkPaul

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