Re: PERL/PDF Need Help

[mswillia@xxxxxxx]

The module should have fairly good confirmation, just about all you can do
is look for the magic number in the file, but checking the extension can
help a little bit at least.

> There are at least two ways that I can think of:
>
> 1. Use the PDF module from CPAN:
> http://search.cpan.org/~antro/PDF-111/PDF.pm
> 2. Ask file to tell you: system("file $filename | grep PDF")
>
> Peter
>
> Gowtham wrote:
>>
>> Fellas,
>>
>> I am working on a small, pet project that requires me to upload a PDF
>> document to the webserver. I know how to upload
>> any document and have documented it here:
>>
>>  http://sgowtham.net/blog/2008/07/24/file-uploads-via-perl-and-cgi/
>>
>> I know how to do it in PHP/MySQL but the server does not
>> have PHP on it (it's a golden oldie). Can any of you please
>> help me learn how do I make sure the uploaded document is
>> actually a PDF and not something funky?
>>
>> Thanks for your time.
>>
>> Regards,
>> g
>>
>> --
>> Gowtham
>> http://phy.mtu.edu/~sgowtham/
>>
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