On 7/11/02 3:38 AM, Richard Herz wrote: > I would like to post files on a web page for download without any display of > the URL of the source file at the browser in order to prevent future bypass > of download logging. The only method I've discovered so far that has no > display of the source file URL is to get the source file into a variable and > "put" it back to browser as "application/octet-stream": > > #!mc > on startup > # First log remote host address so if user bookmarks > # this cgi file I at least log something, and/or > # check for valid input from web form > get url "binfile:../downloads/myApp.exe" > put it into tBuffer > put "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" & cr > put "Content-Length:" && the length of tBuffer & cr & cr > put tBuffer > end startup > > Browser then asks if you want to open or save the file. The cgi file name > must have the same name as the file to be downloaded (e.g., myApp.exe) in > order for the file to be saved with that name by the browser, so the file to > be downloaded can't be in the cgi-bin directory with the cgi script of the > same name.
You can archive this by placing the cgi in the cgi-bin directory, but with a little trick when link to it in the browser, Eg: http://host.name.tld/cgi-bin/mycgi.mt/myApp.exe The browser won't know the different, and download the file as "myApp.exe". Tested on IE and Netscape, Windows and Mac. > QUESTIONS: Is MC's "put" as reliable as regular browser download of a URL? > Can I rely on the cgi host at a site provider to always be able to put a 1-3 > MB file into RAM (i.e., is this a trivial amount of ram)? Giving the CGI 3 MB is "small" ;-) -- > file the same name as the download file is no problem in Linux but would it > be a problem on a Win server or on a Mac OS X server? > > Doing a redirect with "Location:" or http-equiv="refresh" to the source file > flashes briefly the url of source file in browser status bar, might put url > in temp files, and might put url in Mac info comments. If this method is > more reliable than the direct mc "put" above, I guess a shell script could > execute periodically to rename the source file directory. > > Any other methods to use instead? > > Thanks! > Rich Herz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ReactorLab.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
