The following is the code to search a file and display it.
The code is not working with pdf files when I try to open the file from a Windows machine. The code works when I open it from a Linux machine. The file is present in /tmp folder in Linux.
The error message which I get is -->
There was an error opening this document. The file is damaged and could not be repaired.
The error message comes only when I access the file from a Windows machine.
Please tell me why ?

sub searchFile {
    my $query = shift;
    my $filename = $query->param('filename');
    my $conid = $query->param('conid');
    my $datetime = $query->param('datetime');

    my $oldfile=$filename;
    my ($date,$time) = split(/ /,$datetime);
    $filename="/tmp/$conid$date$time$filename";
    $filename =~ s/[:-]//g;

    print $query->header(-type=> "application/octet-stream",-attachmen
+t=>"$oldfile");
    open(NEWFILE,"<$filename") or die "Couldn't open file '$filename':
+ $!";
    binmode(NEWFILE);
    binmode STDOUT;
    print <NEWFILE>;    
    close(NEWFILE);
}

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In reply to PDF file opening from Linux but not opening from Windows by pankaj_it09

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