Thanks for the swift reply. I'm not sure I agree with your comment about CGI::upload though. According to man CGI: 
CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
...
print filefield(-name=>'uploaded_file', ...

When the form is processed, you can retrieve the entered filename by c
+alling param():

$filename = param('uploaded_file');

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i.e. param is called with the name of the field.

Then it says: 

The filename returned is also a file handle...

               # Copy a binary file to somewhere safe
               open (OUTFILE,">>/usr/local/web/users/feedback");
               while ($bytesread=read($filename,$buffer,1024)) {
                  print OUTFILE $buffer;
               }

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I have also tried the no strict trick mentioned there, but it didn't help. Have also checked it's not browser-dependent.

In reply to Re^2: Getting a filehandle for uploaded file by luker
in thread Getting a filehandle for uploaded file by luker

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