how can i upload a file to my webserver

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Re: how can i upload a file to my webserver by Snarius (Sexton) on Dec 04, 2007 at 00:13 UTC
There's a CGI field for this. http://search.cpan.org/dist/CGI.pm/CGI.pm#CREATING_A_FILE_UPLOAD_FIELD	[reply]
Re: how can i upload a file to my webserver by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Dec 04, 2007 at 02:03 UTC
See this from the Q&A section for an example. Nobody says perl looks like line-noise any more kids today don't know what line-noise IS ...	[reply]
Re: how can i upload a file to my webserver by agianni (Hermit) on Dec 04, 2007 at 02:15 UTC
CGI::Upload is a subclass of CGI, which makes file uploads even simpler than the method documented in the CGI module POD as suggested by Snarius. `perl -e 'split//,q{john hurl, pest caretaker}and(map{print @_[$_]}(joi +n(q{},map{sprintf(qq{%010u},$_)}(2*23074993,51016415261,75979 +36997,13177145131,3*26789167*181))=~/\d{2}/g));'` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: how can i upload a file to my webserver by Cody Pendant (Prior) on Dec 04, 2007 at 06:27 UTC
Can anyone explain the reference to `mime_magic('/path/to/mime.types')` [download] in the CGI::Upload module? It says to refer to File::MMagic for details, but I don't see any. Nobody says perl looks like line-noise any more kids today don't know what line-noise IS ...	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: how can i upload a file to my webserver by Anonymous Monk on Dec 04, 2007 at 09:41 UTC
What kind of details do you want? mime_magic('/path/to/mime.types') This method sets and/or returns the external magic mime types file + to be used for the identification of files via the mime_type method. + By default, MIME identification is based upon internal mime types de +fined within the File::MMagic module. See File::MMagic for further details. mime_type('field') This method returns the MIME type of the file uploaded through the + form input field named 'field' as determined by file magic numbers. +This is the best means by which to validate the nature of the uploade +d file. See File::MMagic for further details. File::MMagic - Guess file type This module is to guess file type from its contents like file(1) command. [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: how can i upload a file to my webserver by RaduH (Scribe) on Dec 04, 2007 at 00:12 UTC
you cold use a system call to scp to transfer your file after having had the user input (or browse for) the file name, something like : `system("scp $sourceFileName $storageAccount\@$storageServer:".'~'."/s +torage");` [download] This assumes the name of the file you want to upload is in $sourceFileName and the rest is the destination: the account and server followed by colon and the path to where the file should be store. In that example the path begins with the home of $storageAccount and goes into the storage directory. You can of course modify that to be any path, starting even with /. Check out the scp man page, you'll get a good description. This offer secure file transfer but you may need to provide a password for your upload to work. To automate that read this Of course, this use scenario may not fit your needs (you may not want to / be able to do that key exchange) but it is one variant I could suggest based on what info you provided. Here's additional pointers if the above doesn't match your needs (again, I think your problem is a little under-specified): link1 and link2 and link3 Hope this helps.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: how can i upload a file to my webserver by zentara (Cardinal) on Dec 04, 2007 at 13:26 UTC
Here is a little Tk script that will upload a file to a specific cgi program you run on your server. It has a progressbar and text output for stderr messages. You can modify it to use basic auth if desired, or have specific passwords for each user. (just add a form field to the upload) Read more... (5 kB) I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply] [d/l]