> I am pretty sure this is my ignorance on file handles, can anyone > spot my error?
yes :) > > my ($tempfile,$fh) = Apache::File->tmpfile; in general, you should avoid using $tmpfile unless you absolutely need it. in this case you don't :) > open(CLOCK,">$tempfile") || die "Can't write to $tempfile: $! scratch that. > write(CLOCK) || die "Can't write to $fh: $! $?\n"; replace that with my $ofh = select($fh); $~ = "CLOCK"; select($ofh); write $fh || die "Can't write to $fh: $! $?\n"; > > if (! -e $tempfile) { > print STDERR "No tempfile created\n"; > } > else { > my ($size) = (stat("$tempfile"))[7]; > print STDERR "file exists, is $size\n"; > } I don't think you'll get an accurate size count since the filehandle is still open. but as I said, it's best to forget you have a file unless you absolutely need it. > > seek $fh,0,0; > $r->send_http_header('text'); > $r->send_fd($fh) || die "Can't send $tempfile: $! $?\n"; why the suggested changes everything works for me. HTH --Geoff -- Report problems: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html List etiquette: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/email-etiquette.html