Re: cgi-bin download script

You could use a script generated response page and insert the link on the
server so the user would get a page called
http://hostname/cgi-bin/download.cgi with a link to file.tgz and maybe a
meta refresh to start the download automatically ala tucows.


Paul Roberts

roberts_paul(at)bigfoot.com
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Paul Roberts  <roberts_paul(at)bigfoot.com>
  Web Design : CGI Scripts : e-Commerce
  Web Graphics : Databases : e-Marketing
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----- Original Message -----
From: Kenneth Brody <kenbrody(at)bestweb.net>
To: HWG techniques list <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 3:53 AM
Subject: cgi-bin download script


> I've written cgi scripts to manage a members-only download area. (The
files
> are kept outside of the public_html directory for security.)  Everything
is
> working well except for one thing -- Netscape (and probably every browser)
> insists on using the script name as the default filename, requiring the
> user to type the correct filename when downloading.  (Example:  If you
> access if via "http://hostname/cgi-bin/download.cgi?file.tgz" you will be
> presented a "save as" box with "download.cgi" as the filename, rather than
> "file.tgz".)
>
> Any suggestions?  (I've read RFC 1945, and the closest thing I see is the
> "Location:" header, but that apparently just causes the browse to request
> the alternate URL which, of course, is invalid.)
>
> I'd prefer to remain HTTP 1.0-compliant, but I'll settle for 1.1 if it
> means that newer browsers will work and the older ones will just ignore
> it and present the "download.cgi" filename.
>
> While typing this, I see that 1.1 has "Content-Disposition: filename=xxx"
> that works (Netscape 4.72)...
>
> But, getting back to the original question, is there an HTTP/1.0-compliant
> method?
>
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