so if I just open the file I can print it like this: 
my $file = "/path/to/file.pdf";
use File::MimeInfo;
my $mime_type = mimetype($file);
print header(-type => "$mime_type", -Content_disposition => qq(attachm
+ent; filename="file.pdf"));
open(OUTF,"$file");
while(<OUTF>) {
 print $_;
}
close(OUTF);
exit;

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Then that will work?
I thought if it was a binary file I had to do something with binmode or something?

It has been a long time since I have learned all that, a very long time, so I do not remember the correct ways to do it, thus I am here for the wisdom of all you perl monks...

Sorry if that sounded like brown nosing ;o), was not meant to, just trying to get this figured out.

Thanks again,
Richard

In reply to Re^2: printing file downloads by Anonymous Monk
in thread printing file downloads by Anonymous Monk

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