Gif Problem

[Shawn Bower]

I'm trying to write a script that will open a socket connection to a
website and return a gif.  I got it working to the point where and send
the request and receive the response, I was able to remove the HTTP
headers the only problem is that the GIF wont display properly.  I
downloaded the gif via my browser and compared the files and the are
identical.  Does it have something to do with the file to being binary
or something because I tried to set the mode to raw and that had no
effect.  Any help would be appreciated.  Code Below:
 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
 
 
use strict;
 
use IO::Socket::INET;
use open IN => ":raw", OUT => ":raw";
 
#Local variable declarations
my $socket;
my $request;
my $symbol; 
my $chart;
my $time = 8;
my $freq = 1;
 
foreach $symbol (@ARGV) 
{
            #request string
            $request = "GET
/bc3/quickchart/chart.asp?symb=".$symbol."&compidx=aaaaa%3A0&ma=0&maval=
9&uf=0&lf=1&lf2=0&lf3=0&";
            $request = $request."&size=2&state=8&sid=1414&style=320";
            $request =
$request."&time=".$time."&freq=".$freq."&nosettings=1&rand=300&mocktick=
1&rand=1796 HTTP/1.0\n\n";            
            
            #open socket and out file
            $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new("chart.bigcharts.com:80");
            open(CHARTFILE, ">".$symbol.".gif");
            
            # send the request
            print $socket $request;
            
            #debug print
            print $request;
            
            #read from the socket and stuff into the chart scalar
 
            while (<$socket>)
            {
                        $chart = $chart.$_;
            }
            
            #take off the header
            $chart = substr($chart, index($chart, "private"));
            $chart = substr($chart, index($chart, "\n"));
            $chart = substr($chart, 2);
 
            #print the gif to a local file
            print CHARTFILE $chart;
 
            #close the socket
            close($socket);
 
            # reset the chart scalar
            $chart = "";
}
 
exit;
 
Thanks,
Shawn Bower
 
Advent Designs
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.advws.net