Re: PERL/PDF Need Help

[Peter Kolbus <prkolbus@xxxxxxx>]

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
>
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> Gowtham
> http://phy.mtu.edu/~sgowtham/