cgi script headers - help

Rowdy david at fielden.com.au
Wed Aug 4 22:52:27 EDT 2004


Ajay wrote:

> hi!
> 
> i am generating a file on the fly and making a user download it.
> print "Content-Type: application/model\n\n"
> print "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=modeldef3\n"
> print str
> 
> i set the Content-Disposition to force a download dialog box and also give
> the file a name.
> however when i view the headers sent by my script, i have only
> HTTP/1.1 200 OK
> Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 02:26:48 GMT
> Server: Apache/1.3.19 (Unix)
> Connection: close
> Content-Type: application/model
> 
> why isn't the Content-Disposition header coming up?
> 
> thanks
> 
> cheers
> 
> --
> Ajay Brar,
> CS Honours 2004
> Smart Internet Technology Research Group

One guess would be the double \n at the end of the Content-Type line - 
try removing one and see if that works.

Rowdy




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