Hi,
If /image/1000/foo.gif does not map to an actual file
on the server, you will need to have content length
set for set_byterange to work. Otherwise, check out
the C source for ap_set_byterange in http_protocol.c
(in Apache distribution).
dak
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--- Kevin Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm attempting to use the byteserving methods of
> Apache::File, but I'm
> getting strange results. Apache 1.3.9, mod_perl
> 1.21.
>
> Here's the request (entered via telnet to port 80):
>
> GET /image/1000/foo.gif HTTP/1.1
> Host: www.eorbit.net
> Range: bytes=0-50
>
> Here's a code snippet:
> .
> .
> .
> unless ($r->header_only)
> {
> my $rangestatus = $r->set_byterange;
>
> $log->debug("Byte ranges?: $rangestatus");
>
> if (!$rangestatus)
> {
> $log->debug("Whole file request");
> $r->send_fd($fh);
> }
> else
> {
> $log->debug("Byte range request");
> my $head_length= length($v2Tag);
> while(my($offset, $range_length) =
> $r->each_byterange)
> {
> {do byteserving foo}
> }
> }
> }
> .
> .
> .
>
> The problem? Doing a dump of $r->headers_in shows
> that the Range:
> header is is present, but when I call
> $r->set_byterange, it returns
> zero, regardless of whether the Range: header is
> there or not.
>
> Am I constructing my request badly, or is there
> something else I'm
> missing? I put this code together from some sample
> code that Doug
> posted to the list some time ago, and there doesn't
> seem to be any
> further documentation on this portion of the request
> object.
>
> --
> Kevin |"'I was drunk' is a polite way of saying 'I
> shed my inhibitions
> | and did exactly what I wanted to do, and if
> you provoke me,
> | I'll | do it again.' This gives people fair
> warning and tells
> | them tactfully to mind their own business."
> - P.J. O'Rourke
>
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