Hi,
How do you get a CGI script to display a gif image? I'm writing a CGI script which the user enters a file which is used to generates a gnu plot. The module I downloaded from CPAN outputs the gnuplot as a *.gif file, which I would like to display. I took a look at the Q and A section on : How can I use a CGI script to return an image? I tried one of the solutions as follows: 

open (GIF, "/path/to/gif/") || die "$!\n";
my ($image, $buff);
while (read GIF, $buff, 1024) {

    $image.=$buff;

}
close GIF;
print "Content-type: image/gif\n\n";
print $image;

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When I run the CGI script from the command line, it prints out a whole bunch of funny looking characters. But when I run it from the web page, no image is displayed. Is there a better solution to this? I appreciate the help.

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