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

I come before the Monks with my supplication:

To process some video files on my server via a webform, the full source file path must be passed as a variable to perl, ie: /Volumes/BigDisk/Playouts/2010/JBV_fountain_PLAYOUT/Fountain_Master.mov

In modern browsers the file path truncates to filename only and It seems that making the user copy & paste into web form is the only method.
Is there any way to pass the the full source file path to perl?

This is where I am currently:

<c> <form action="encode.pl" method="post"> 1. Choose file to encode: <input type="file" id="browse" name="browse" onchange="handleFiles(this.files)" />
2. Copy and paste the file path <input type="text" name="remote_file_path" /> 3. <input type="hidden" name="filepath" id="filepath" value=" "> 4. <input type="submit" value="Go" onclick="document.getElementById('filepath').value=document.getElementById('browse').value" /> </form> </ c>

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Re: path to local file as a variable
by choroba (Cardinal) on Jun 22, 2010 at 12:33 UTC
    There is no way how to get the full path. It would be considered a vulnerability if there were. Sounds a bit like XY problem - why do you need the full path?
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      Thanks,
      I want the full path to pass as a command line argument to a bash script that processes the large files that are already on my server.
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        Where will the bash script run? On the server? Then you do not need the local path anymore, you need the server path. Or do I miss something?
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