How to retrieve text to cgi file?

gube has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear monks,

I enter the details in my html form and submit the form. I use param('name') to get the entered text. it's fine. I use <input type="file" name="file"> to get the file in html for attachment. But in cgi form i used param('file'). i am getting only the filename, i want full path and filename given in the html file. Please tell me any suggestion.

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Re: How to retrieve text to cgi file? by rupesh (Hermit) on Jun 06, 2005 at 05:02 UTC
Categorized Questions and Answers is always helpful...well, at least to a certain extent. Look at this node. It might help. Cheers, Rupesh.	[reply]
Re: How to retrieve text to cgi file? by brian_d_foy (Abbot) on Jun 06, 2005 at 05:34 UTC
If you are using CGI.pm, you want the upload() function and its friends. -- brian d foy <brian@stonehenge.com>	[reply]
Re: How to retrieve text to cgi file? by kprasanna_79 (Hermit) on Jun 06, 2005 at 08:27 UTC
Hai gube... Check this link which gives u a complete idea abt the file upload Take care of the html line <form action="/cgi-bin/upload.cgi" enctype="multipart/form-data"> which is very inportant in ur html page. --Prasanna.K	[reply]