Passing parameters to File upload script

[sucram]

I am trying to pass a piece of information contained on a web page to my cgi script. The information is stored in a form on the page. I know that the following can be used to do this:

use CGI;
$query = new CGI;
$name = $query->param('name');

but when I put this in the script it does not work properly for some reason, I get a "short read". The script I am adding this to is cgi-lib.pl Version2.18. I took it from the web

http://cgi-lib.berkeley.edu/.

I am uploading files and the parameter I want to pass in is to be the file name.

Would anyone know an alternative to the above 3 lines?

Any and all help would be appreciated!!

 

[hmerrill]

I believe there's a Perl FAQ on file uploading here on tek-tips - try looking there.
Hardy Merrill
Mission Critical Linux, Inc.

http://www.missioncriticallinux.com