It looks to me its the way you are parsing your cgi. Try this upload script: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use CGI;
use CGI::Carp 'fatalsToBrowser';

#my $maxsize = 1024 * 100; #max 100K
my $maxsize = 1024 * 20000; #max 20M

#$CGI::POST_MAX= $maxsize;  # max 100K posts !not working right?
#$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS = 1;  # no uploads

my $query = new CGI;
my $upload_dir = "uploads";  #permissions for dir are set

print $query->header();

if($ENV{CONTENT_LENGTH} > $maxsize){
 print "file too large - must be less than $maxsize bytes";
 exit; 
 }
 
my $file = $query->param("file");
my $filename = $file;
$filename =~s/.*[\/\\](.*)/$1/;

open (UPLOADFILE, ">$upload_dir/$filename");

$/= \8192;  # sets 8192 byte buffer chunks, perldoc perlvar
while ( <$file> ){
        print UPLOADFILE $_;
#select(undef,undef,undef,.05); #for testing
    }
    close UPLOADFILE;

print <<END_HTML;
<HTML>
<HEAD> <TITLE>Thanks!</TITLE> </HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="#ffffff"><br>
<P>Thanks for uploading file : $filename!</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>
END_HTML

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and a form 
<html>   
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method=post action=http://z.net/cg
+i-bin/up1.cgi>      
<input type=file name=file >
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Send!">                                   
+                                                                     
</form>
</html>

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In reply to Re: Upload form by zentara
in thread Upload form by JimJx

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