Thread: Anyone know a good file upload routine.

cgi and C code are different in syntax and their operations, try looking at some server side langs like cgi and php.
You can also do it directly from html, though i wouldnt recommend this - also if its not your own server you may find security restrictions stop you from such upload scripts

HTML does have a file upload control

Code:

<FORM ACTION="http://myserver.com/cgi" 
   ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data">
<INPUT TYPE="FILE" NAME="MyFile">
</FORM>

When the submit button is pressed, the file is POST'ed to the server. It is recieved and then must be decoded as it is recieved with the MIME type "multipart/form-data". Do a search to find more on this encoding. I do it in Java, and the decoding class has already been written (borrowed )

The problems you have;

1. Getting a decent decoding program to multitask and actually work on your server

2. As Iain said - Getting your server to allow uploads. Many hosts dont like it

3. Security - be very carefull what files you allow up and where you save them. It would be a shame for you to get this up and running only for some kiddie to upload a script and then run it