I've done as suggested and it works fine in Mozilla but IE won't display the image:
http://cgi.www.miswebdesign.com/cgi-bin/www.miswebdesign.com/logo.pl?image=l ogo Any ideas? Cheers, Nigel Script: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-= #!/bin/perl5.6.0 use CGI; use File::Slurp; my $q = new CGI; my $url = '/docs/www.miswebdesign.com'; my $logo = '/images/logo.jpg'; my $location = $url . $logo; print "Cache-Control: no-cache\n"; print "Expires: Thu, 01 Dec 1994 16:00:00 GMT\n"; print "Last-Modified: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:12:07 GMT\n"; print "Content-type: image/jpg\n"; print "ETag: \"518394-1a79-3e5e2ac7\"\n"; print "Accept-Ranges: bytes\n"; print "Content-Length: 6777\n\n"; print read_file($location); -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-= > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Muey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 February 2003 14:43 > To: Nigel Peck - MIS Web Design; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Delivering Graphics over HTTP > > > I assume what you're trying to do is have in your html > <img src="image.cgi"> > > And maybe except paramkaters and display accordingly? > > If so all you need to remember is to print the proper headers and > don't try to print and text. > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > use File::Slurp; > use CGI qw/:standard/; > > print header("image/gif"); > print read_file("/path/to/img.gif"); > > > Of course you can do all kinds of things like check for > errors modify the images using various image modules display > different images based on inout, etc, etc > > DMuey > > > > > I need to deliver graphic files (jpg and gif) over http in > > the same manner that a web server would. Can anyone point me > > in the right direction? Setting the mime type is no problem > > but it's the rest that I have no experience of. In the past > > I've always simply done a location: /path/to/graphic but the > > graphics are getting cached somewhere along the line so I need to set > > Cache-control: no-cache and the only way I can think of to do > > this is if my script does the delivery itself. > > > > I don't have access to the configuration of the web server. > > Unless it possible to do it in .htaccess? > > > > I tried the following in .htaccess but no joy, is there a > > better way of doing this with .htaccess? Possibly at HTTP 1.0 > > server somewhere in the chain is preventing it from working? > > > > <Files ~ "logo\.jpg$"> > > Header add Cache-Control "no-cache" > > </Files> > > > > <Files ~ "logo2\.jpg$"> > > Header add Cache-Control "no-cache" > > </Files> > > > > TIA > > > > Nigel > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
