How to open a HTML file when the python cgi program is executing?

[Sheila King]

On Sat, 1 Jun 2002 22:28:34 +1000, "Ken" <ken at hotmail.com> wrote in
comp.lang.python in article <adaeh8$uum7t$1 at ID-49758.news.dfncis.de>:

> > If you realize this before you've output anything, you can use one of the
> > redirection / refresh headers, such as "Location".
> >
> > print """Content-type: text/html
> > Location: http://replacement-url
> >
> > <p><a href="http://replacement-url">Click here</a></p>
> 
> Doesn't seem to work... :(
> 
> 
> > """

You must remove the line about Content-type.
The Location header will essentially redirect to a different HTML page.
When using the location header, your entire output that is printed should
simply be:

print "Location: http://replacement-url\n"

You should have nothing before this, and there's no point in having
anything after it, since the page is being redirected.

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Sheila King
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