CGI sftp callback progress meter(?)

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

Currently I am using a callback in an sftp->put call. This is CGI based, ad I would like to find a way to display my progress message in the same place in the html page, i.e. overwrite the last message, but clear it first. So far I have gotten to the point where I can overwrite the last message, but I cannot clear what was printed before, so it becomes a garbled mess. I am using Netscape 4.76. I am not adverse to using javascript or DHTML to accomplish this, but I have no clue how to do so.
The following is the code of interest:


use Net::SFTP;

sub progress{
my ($sftp, $data, $offset, $total) = @_;
my $num_width = length $total;
select STDOUT;
$|=1;
print "<layer>Wrote $offset bytes of $total</layer>";
}

sftp->put($File, $RemoteFile, \&progress);
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Re: CGI sftp callback progress meter(?) by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 15, 2005 at 00:02 UTC
The following will edit (if I got the syntax right) the text a `<SPAN>` with id `my_span`: `print("<script>my_span.innertext = \"Wrote $offset bytes of $total\";< +/script>\n");` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: CGI sftp callback progress meter(?) by ChipmunkCHeeks (Initiate) on Dec 19, 2005 at 19:29 UTC
This works great in IE, but not in Netscape or Firefox. Any other suggestions?	[reply]