Ok, there WAS a problem with this script, but thanks to various people (you know who you are) it now works. Im sure there are scurity issues and all that but it works:) The only one problem i still have is that i get an internal server error when the file size is too big. Must I do some code checking the MAX FILE size or is that what the $CGI: : POST_MAX line is suppose to do for me? Heres the form...... 
<FORM ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" ACTION="the.cgi" METHOD=POST>
Var1 : <input type=text name=var1><br>
File : <INPUT NAME="file" TYPE="file"><p> 
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Send File"> 
</FORM>

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and heres the script......... 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI;

#SET SOME DEFAULT STUFF
###################################################
use constant BUFFER_SIZE   => 16_384;      
use constant MAX_FILE_SIZE => 48_576;       
$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS      = 0;             
$CGI::POST_MAX             = MAX_FILE_SIZE;                 

#GET THE VARIABLE AND FILE INFORMATION
###################################################
my $query         = new CGI;
my $filehandle    = $query->upload('file');
my $filename      = $query->param('file');
my $var1          = $query->param('var1');

#GET FILE NAME BY REMOVING FULL DIRECTORY INFO
#eg C:\windows\blah\file.txt
##############################################
@pathz      = (split(/\\/,$filename));
$fileb      = $pathz[$#pathz];
@pathza     = (split('/',$fileb));
$filename   = $pathza[$#pathza];



#UPLOAD THE FILE TO SELECTED DESTINATION
##############################################
open OUTPUT, ">/absolute/path/to/$filename" or die "Can't open: $!";
while (<$filehandle>) {
    print OUTPUT;
}
close OUTPUT or die "Can't close: $!";


#DONE
##############################################
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "Sorted!<p>\n";
print "Passed Variable = $var1<p>";
print "File name uploaded was <i>$filename</i><p>\n";
exit;

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Thankyou everyone!, I hope that helps alot of other people too!

In reply to File Upload - Complete Code by Thathom
in thread File Upload - What Next? by Thathom

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