Thanks for all the info. Normally I set the $CGI::HEADERS_ONCE variable in CGI.pm in each of my CGI scripts but recently switched that behavior to actually modify the CGI.pm module directly. I also recently installed ActivePerl for Solaris instead of compiling Perl myself and forgot to reset this.
I think I'll switch back to my original ways. This seems to have corrected the file download issue. Now I just need to do more CGI to MOD_Perl reading. Thanks for the help Rafiq & Gareth. You both hit the nail on the head. Kind regards, Trevor Joerges ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rafiq Ismail (ADMIN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Trevor Joerges [SendMIME Software]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 1:22 PM Subject: Re: Newbie: Why does my script prompt to be downloaded intermittantly? > On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Trevor Joerges [SendMIME Software] wrote: > > behavior is intermittent. I've read the mod_perl pitfalls and the > > "PerlSendHeader" is set to "on" in my config file. Is there something else I > > need to add or remove? > Hi Treveor, > > I've seen three fixes to this sort of problem in the past, so you might > want to see if any of the following apply to your case: > > 1) Changing Browser - Galeon had me testing for days, when I could > clearly see that I was getting the correct header, via telnet to the port. > See below. > > 2) Turning PerlSendHeader Off and sending your own headers. > The problem was probably somewhere else, but sending my own > headers fixed it. Then again, the problem might not have been elsewhere. > > 3) Make sure you're not sending your header twice. With > PerlSendHeader being on or off, plus a code segment sending a header/or > some gibber elsewhere, or even a stray 'print' to STDOUT from some other > place, before the header is dispatched. > > I've had header trouble a couple of time and have often found telneting to > the vhost to be a very handy detector of what might be going wrong. If > that fails then paracetamol is usually a good cure. > > My late night 0.02 EU. > > R. > >
