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GATTACA 06-11-2007 11:01 AM
perl CGI full path to file for upload
 
Hello.

I've written a cgi script to read in a user's filename for upload.

Here is the scripts body:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use CGI;
my $q = new CGI;

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

my $file = $q->param('dbFileName');


if($file) {
        print "<p>You want to upload:<b>$file</b>";
}
The problem is that the script outputs just the file name and strips the absolute path the the file. I need the full path to the file.

Is there anyway to get the full path the file?

Thanks.

theNbomr 06-11-2007 10:42 PM
If I understand you correctly, the client (browser) has specified a full path as the filespec for the upload, but the server CGI only see the filename. I think this should be considered correct behavior. No client should have the ability to write to arbitrary locations in the filesystem.
--- rod.


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