I just tested HEAD with a CGI and its behaviour is the same from 1.3.2X and 2.0.43 Notice the ETag: line which I have the CGI emit. This is proof that the cgi is being run.
apache2.0.43: [root@linux11 htdocs]# telnet linux11 80 Connected to linux11. Escape character is '^]'. HEAD /a.cgi HTTP/1.0 HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:43:57 GMT Server: Apache/2.0.43 (Unix) ETag: 1042213437 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 apache1.3.X: Ibmx-> /wic/web/dietz> telnet ibmx 80 Connected to ibmx. Escape character is '^]'. HEAD /dietz/a.cgi HTTP/1.0 HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 15:41:11 GMT Server: Apache/1.3.22 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.8.5 OpenSSL/0.9.6c ETag: 1042213272 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Kutschker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 3:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: CGIs and HEAD requests > > Hi! > > Is it possible for a CGI to handle HEAD requests? Mozilla uses HEAD for it's 'save >link target' feature, which 'breaks' my web app - annoyingly every file (suggested to >be downloaded) gets a .html extension as Apches 1.3 sends the default mime type. > > Is there a way to solve this problem in 1.3 or 2.0? If not should/could be done >something about it? > > Masi
