use CGI::Carp(fatalsToBrowser);
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open(LOCAL, ">$dir/$name") or print $!;
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Chances are that the server's cgi uid does not have write permission for $dir. You can try 'tail logfile' to see the most recent errors.

After Compline,
Zaxo

Thanks guys, the error is that the directory of filename does not exist - this is in reponse to the die statement.
Im guessing now that die isnt dandled by browsers and thats why I got the 500 error, Anyway....
This is my code -

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use strict;
use CGI;

my $query = new CGI;

my $dir = $query->param('dir');
my $file = $query->param('file');

$file =~m/^.*(\\|\/)(.*)/;
my $name = $2;
open(LOCAL,">$dir/$name");# or die "Die: $!";

while(<$file>)
{
  print LOCAL $_;
}

print $query->header();
print $query->start_html("File Upload");

# DEBUG TO SCREEN

print "File and Dir: "$file;
print "File: ",$name;

print $query->end_html;
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THe program prints -


File and Dir: C:\Documents and Settings\Barry Griffin\Desktop\verbs.tx
+t
File: verbs.txt
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The directory and file are located on my local machine, so i've no idea why I might be getting this error - im working on XP. ANy ideas?

If the script is on a *NIX box (which given the #! line I can see it is) and you want to access local files you will need to set up some networking calls to access them. A better (and safer answer) would be to upload your files to a folder on your server and access them from there.

John

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