In searching for a new way to upload files, so that we can have someone who uploads videos for us, upload any files they need to, I found this:

When the form is processed, you can retrieve an IO::Handle compatibile
+ handle for a file upload field like this:

  $lightweight_fh  = $q->upload('field_name');

  # undef may be returned if it's not a valid file handle
  if (defined $lightweight_fh) {
    # Upgrade the handle to one compatible with IO::Handle:
    my $io_handle = $lightweight_fh->handle;

    open (OUTFILE,'>>','/usr/local/web/users/feedback');
    while ($bytesread = $io_handle->read($buffer,1024)) {
      print OUTFILE $buffer;
    }
  }
In a list context, upload() will return an array of filehandles. This 
+makes it possible to process forms that use the same name for multipl
+e upload fields.
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That is in the documentation for CGI...

What I am having a problem with is this:

I use CGI this way:

use CGI qw(:standard);
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not with $q so I changed the code to this:

$lightweight_fh  = upload('field_name');

# undef may be returned if it's not a valid file handle
if (defined $lightweight_fh) {
  # Upgrade the handle to one compatible with IO::Handle:
  my $io_handle = $lightweight_fh->handle;
  open (OUTFILE,">>/home/path/to/upload_loc");
  while ($bytesread = $io_handle->read($buffer,1024)) {
     print OUTFILE $buffer;
  }
}
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Then I got IO errors so I added this just above it:

use IO::Handle;
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Now I get this error:

Undefined subroutine Fh::handle
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any ideas why this is happening? I have been trying to get this to work for hours and hours now, with no success.

I appreciate any advice you can offer.

Thanks,
Rich