I come before the Monks with my supplication:

To process some video files on my server via a webform, the full source file path must be passed as a variable to perl, ie: /Volumes/BigDisk/Playouts/2010/JBV_fountain_PLAYOUT/Fountain_Master.mov

In modern browsers the file path truncates to filename only and It seems that making the user copy & paste into web form is the only method.
Is there any way to pass the the full source file path to perl?

This is where I am currently:

<c> <form action="encode.pl" method="post"> 1. Choose file to encode: <input type="file" id="browse" name="browse" onchange="handleFiles(this.files)" />
2. Copy and paste the file path <input type="text" name="remote_file_path" /> 3. <input type="hidden" name="filepath" id="filepath" value=" "> 4. <input type="submit" value="Go" onclick="document.getElementById('filepath').value=document.getElementById('browse').value" /> </form> </ c>

In reply to path to local file as a variable by blowupp

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