Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-04-16 (Attempt 2)
Leon Brocard wrote: > Leon, who didn't get as many points snowboarding than he does > in SSX. Somehow falling hurts more... *cough* Deja-Angst : http://www.inktank.com/index.cfm?toon=02-26-01
More Natives
I thought it had all blown over. Chris had even started being civil to me again. But over the weekend bk (who was the one who started it all) posted the following: = Yea, I usually _AM_ the right one. WOW, I was wrong _1_ _fucking_ _time_. Ooohhh, Davey intimidates me! That's why I kill people for a job, and you write about perl... OOh, I'm scared. I'll shove a howitzer up _ALL_ of your asses. (Except those who defend me, of course)... Now, take yer lame ass fountain pens, and leave me alone. I'm in Hereford, England on business, and have _NO_ time to deal with this I'm right/your wrong/i kill/you write crap. Peace! Dave, your book sucks, in my opinion... Data munging--- bah. Munging? If you note AOL dictionary... The only definition is for "mung bean". = Too many openings must resist urge to reply Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
Re: Beginners Guide
* at 21/04 10:14 +0100 Robin Szemeti said: > On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, you wrote: > > > I read it as not wanting to fund the various commercial entities one > > ends up funding in order to actual get a digital box. The idea of > > putting any more money in the Murdoch empires coffers just for the > > sake of getting News 24 and BBC Choice certainly doesn't appeal. > > ahh .. yes .. that would be another interpretation ... > but, again, it certainly used to be the case and AFAIK it still is that > you can get ( it might be 3 quid or something $ trivial to cover the cost > of hte card) a BBC only card that is free on production of your TV > licence. I know Murdoch et al were not very keen on the idea and try and > tell you it 'cant be done' etc but ISTR the DTI telling em to just shut > up and do it. and almost as if in answer to this i noticed a great many ads for digital tv wjile vegging in front of smtv on saturday that made much of the fact that you bought it and itv2 was free, free, free! as it also showed tvs with news24 etc i imagine all your favourite bbc digital channels are also free. struan
Re: More Natives
* Cross David - dcross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Data munging--- bah. Munging? If you note AOL dictionary... The only > definition is for "mung bean". > > = > > Too many openings must resist urge to reply > I always find a spot of Machiavelli brings inspiration at times like this .. "And here it should be noted that hatred is acquired as much by good works as by bad ones, therefore, as I said before, a prince wishing to keep his state is very often forced to do evil; for when that body is corrupt whom you think you have need of to maintain yourself- it may be either the people or the soldiers or the nobles- you have to submit to its humours" Clearly advice to flame him to a crisp. Greg -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
Re: More Natives
Cross David - dcross wrote: > Now, take yer lame ass fountain pens, and leave me alone. I'm in Hereford, > England on business, and have _NO_ time to deal with this I'm right/your > wrong/i kill/you write crap. I used to see bk and his ilk when I used to go to Hereford - they were hanging around outside the McDonalds wearing Adidas tracksuits and trying to bum cigarettes off the soldiers.
Re: London.pm List Weekly Summary 2001-04-16 (Attempt 2)
Simon Wistow sent the following bits through the ether: > Deja-Angst : http://www.inktank.com/index.cfm?toon=02-26-01 Hmmm, that came out on my birthday. I think it's a Sign... Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ Iterative Software..http://yapc.org/Europe/ ... Computer Lie #1: You'll never use all that disk space
(possible) zip and file download problem
I asked a question a couple of weeks ago about using Archive::Zip, and
although my script does work, I still have a few queries about it; I wonder
if anyone can shed any light.
The basic idea is that there are files of multiple formats (.doc, .pdf,
.etc) that need to be downloaded through a users browser. It also needs to
be downloaded through the program logic, and not as a simple link.
The main problem is that the zipped file downloads as "NameOfCGIFile.zip"
and not "download.zip". I am also slightly more concerned about my
(possibly pitiful) attempts at file locking, and the consequences of many
users trying to download files at the same time. I've been playing around
with this for some time, but I can't find a better way to do this.
($file - name from database query)
my $zip = Archive::Zip->new() or die "couldn't create zip $!";
$zip->addFile("/web/www.website.com/docs/$file") or die "couldn't add file $!";
$zip->writeToFileNamed('/web/www.website.com/docs/download.zip');# possible
lock error";
open (DOCZIP, "/web/www.website.com/docs/download.zip") or die "couldn't
open file $!";
flock (DOCZIP, 2);
print "Content-type:application/x-zip-compressed\n\n";
my $fileData;
while (read(DOCZIP, $fileData, 1024)) {
print $fileData;
}
unlink ("/web/www.website.com/docs/download.zip") or die "couldn't delete
file $!";
close(DOCZIP);
tia
Jon
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Jon Galliers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Design Net http://www.design.net.uk
Tel: +44(0)870 240 0088
Fax: +44(0)870 240 0099
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Re: (possible) zip and file download problem
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 12:06:06PM +0100, Jon Galliers wrote: > The main problem is that the zipped file downloads as "NameOfCGIFile.zip" > and not "download.zip". I think you might like to have a look at the Content-Disposition MIME header. Something like this: print "Content-type:application/x-zip-compressed\n" . "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$file\n\n"; -- Niklas Nordebo -><- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -><- +447966251290 "The day is seven hours and fifteen minutes old, and already it's crippled with the weight of my evasions, deceit, and downright lies"
Re: More Natives
On the one hand, they are just kids - we've all been in the land of clouded thought, strange urges and akward changes. However you got to wonder if these young men are not being lulled into a warped sense of security behind their computer screens. In the real world, would dk and Chris really start shouting and throwing the toys around if David had inadvertently stepped on their egos? I blame their parents for letting them loose on the Internet. Sam Yeung. - Original Message - From: "Cross David - dcross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 9:43 AM Subject: More Natives > I thought it had all blown over. Chris had even started being civil to me > again. But over the weekend bk (who was the one who started it all) posted > the following: > > = > > Yea, I usually _AM_ the right one. WOW, I was wrong _1_ _fucking_ _time_. > Ooohhh, Davey intimidates me! That's why I kill people for a job, and you > write about perl... > > OOh, I'm scared. > > I'll shove a howitzer up _ALL_ of your asses. (Except those who defend me, > of course)... > > Now, take yer lame ass fountain pens, and leave me alone. I'm in Hereford, > England on business, and have _NO_ time to deal with this I'm right/your > wrong/i kill/you write crap. > > Peace! > > Dave, your book sucks, in my opinion... > > Data munging--- bah. Munging? If you note AOL dictionary... The only > definition is for "mung bean". > > = > > Too many openings must resist urge to reply > > Dave... > > -- > > > The information contained in this communication is > confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient > named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or > copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. > If you have received this communication in error, please > re-send this communication to the sender and delete the > original message or any copy of it from your computer > system. >
Re: (possible) zip and file download problem
At 01:04 PM 4/23/01 +0200, you wrote: >On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 12:06:06PM +0100, Jon Galliers wrote: > > The main problem is that the zipped file downloads as "NameOfCGIFile.zip" > > and not "download.zip". > >I think you might like to have a look at the Content-Disposition MIME >header. > >Something like this: > >print "Content-type:application/x-zip-compressed\n" . > "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$file\n\n"; > >-- >Niklas Nordebo -><- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -><- +447966251290 Cheers, that worked a treat. I must admit I've never even heard of "Content-Disposition:", what exactly is it, and where can i find out more information? Again, Thanks Jon * Jon Galliers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Programmer Perl/C++/MySQL/DB2/Java Design Net http://www.design.net.uk Tel: +44(0)870 240 0088 Fax: +44(0)870 240 0099 *
Re: (possible) zip and file download problem
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 12:28:43PM +0100, Jon Galliers wrote: > Cheers, that worked a treat. I must admit I've never even heard > of "Content-Disposition:", what exactly is it, and where can i find out > more information? See RFC 2183 and RFC 2616. It's not officially part of HTTP, but is widely implemented anyway and since you're only using it to add additional functionality without breaking anything for clients that doesn't understand it I think it's pretty OK to use it. -- Niklas Nordebo -><- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -><- +447966251290 "The day is seven hours and fifteen minutes old, and already it's crippled with the weight of my evasions, deceit, and downright lies"
Re: More Natives
On Monday, April 23, 2001, at 10:43 AM, Cross David - dcross wrote: > Yea, I usually _AM_ the right one. WOW, I was wrong _1_ _fucking_ > _time_. > Ooohhh, Davey intimidates me! That's why I kill people for a job, and > you > write about perl... > > OOh, I'm scared. > > I'll shove a howitzer up _ALL_ of your asses. (Except those who defend > me, > of course)... I believe there is a cure for Tourette Syndrome. Maybe he'd like to try it. > Now, take yer lame ass fountain pens, and leave me alone. I'm in > Hereford, > England on business, and have _NO_ time to deal with this I'm right/your > wrong/i kill/you write crap. Obviously in Hereford they don't teach them grammar. > Data munging--- bah. Munging? If you note AOL dictionary... The only > definition is for "mung bean". Maybe this just says something about the AOL dictionary. Marcel -- We are Perl. Your table will be assimilated. Your waiter will adapt to service us. Surrender your beer. Resistance is futile. -- London.pm strategy aka "embrace and extend" aka "mark and sweep"
Re: (possible) zip and file download problem
Quoting Jon Galliers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
>
> ($file - name from database query)
>
> my $zip = Archive::Zip->new() or die "couldn't create zip $!";
> $zip->addFile("/web/www.website.com/docs/$file") or die "couldn't add file $!";
> $zip->writeToFileNamed('/web/www.website.com/docs/download.zip');# possible
> lock error";
> open (DOCZIP, "/web/www.website.com/docs/download.zip") or die "couldn't
> open file $!";
>
> flock (DOCZIP, 2);
>
> print "Content-type:application/x-zip-compressed\n\n";
>
> my $fileData;
> while (read(DOCZIP, $fileData, 1024)) {
> print $fileData;
> }
>
> unlink ("/web/www.website.com/docs/download.zip") or die "couldn't delete
> file $!";
>
> close(DOCZIP);
>
Another trick that we used was to overload the pathinfo. Just create a
URL that looks like www.website.com/cgi-bin/NameOfCGI/fileno.zip.
Netscape and Explorer will take the last bit to prompt you with in the
Save As dialog, while the webserver will just invoke NameOfCGI, which in
turn will be able to find fileno.zip in it's path info.
Cheers,
--
Merijn Broeren | Sometime in the middle ages, God got fed up with us
Software Geek | and put earth at sol.milky-way.univ in his kill-file.
| Pray all you want, it just gets junked.
Re: More Natives
* Marcel Grunauer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Data munging--- bah. Munging? If you note AOL dictionary... The only > > definition is for "mung bean". > > Maybe this just says something about the AOL dictionary. > /me throws his copy of the OED in the bin, favouring the much more 31337 AOL dictionary. [1] Greg [1] i guess /me was the wrong way to beging that - how about /me2 ;-) -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
Re: More Natives
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 02:22:45PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * Marcel Grunauer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Data munging--- bah. Munging? If you note AOL dictionary... The only > > > definition is for "mung bean". > > > > Maybe this just says something about the AOL dictionary. > > > > /me throws his copy of the OED in the bin, favouring the much more > 31337 AOL dictionary. [1] /me had to look something up in a dictionary last night, and was not at all impressed when not only did the OED not have the information I was after (I wanted the Latin name of a particular plant) - it didn't have the flipping thing at all! OK, this was the CD version, so at only 650Mb it can't be as comprehensive as the seventeen ton four mile long Real Thing, but it's a reasonably common word and bloody well should have been in there. -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/ Rip, Mix, Burn, unless you're using our latest and greatest operating system which we couldn't be arsed to complete
