According to the API of CGI.pm, it should return a path in /var/tmp/.

Where does this information come from? Last time I looked, CGI.pm tried a hardcoded list of various locations: Re: On uploading a file, and I see no changes to that code in 3.59.

The documentation is very clear on temp directory selection:

The temporary directory is selected using the following algorithm:

    1. if $CGITempFile::TMPDIRECTORY is already set, use that

    2. if the environment variable TMPDIR exists, use the location
    indicated.

    3. Otherwise try the locations /usr/tmp, /var/tmp, C:\temp,
    /tmp, /temp, ::Temporary Items, and \WWW_ROOT.

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Any hints? Is there a facility in FCGI I am overseeing that tells me the upload temp file location?

Yes. Don't rely on any specific location. CGI.pm offers you a filehandle for each uploaded file (returned by the upload() method), and you are expected to read from that handle. Depending on the settings of CGI.pm (-private_tempfiles pragma), the file may have been unlinked before your program receives the handle, so the temp file no longer has a name. See also http://search.cpan.org/~markstos/CGI.pm-3.59/lib/CGI.pm#PROCESSING_A_FILE_UPLOAD_FIELD.

Alexander

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In reply to Re: CGI's tmpFileName does not work under CGI::Fast by afoken
in thread CGI's tmpFileName does not work under CGI::Fast by isync

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