RE: downloady filenames
From: Robin Szemeti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 12 June 2001 03:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: downloady filenames ISTR somebody explaing the magic incantations you could put after Content-type: text/some-funny-application in order for the browser to try and save it as 'something.xyz' instead of 'scriptname.pl' .. enlighten me please as I have flushed my archive and lost it. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types has a list of the various MIME types that are out there. It will also point your towards the relevant RFC's. You may also need to use the Content-Encoding: enctype header depending on what your spitting out. Rob --- Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of IBNet Plc. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version.
RE: downloady filenames
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Robert Thompson wrote: From: Robin Szemeti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 12 June 2001 03:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: downloady filenames ISTR somebody explaing the magic incantations you could put after Content-type: text/some-funny-application in order for the browser to try and save it as 'something.xyz' instead of 'scriptname.pl' .. enlighten me please as I have flushed my archive and lost it. http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types has a list of the various MIME types that are out there. It will also point your towards the relevant RFC's. indeed .. looks pretty much the same as my apache mime types file ... and I already have a mime type header for what I am serving up.. but this is different to what was looking for. someone somewhere a few weeks ago posted something about an extra line you could put not dissimilar to 'Apparent-filename: something.xyz' .. its not so much a mime types thing but a browser thing .. ah well .. off to London now to buy a new toy ;))) -- Robin Szemeti Redpoint Consulting Limited Real Solutions For A Virtual World
Re: downloady filenames
On or about Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 09:10:32AM +0100, Robin Szemeti typed: someone somewhere a few weeks ago posted something about an extra line you could put not dissimilar to 'Apparent-filename: something.xyz' .. its not so much a mime types thing but a browser thing .. Content-Disposition. R
RE: downloady filenames
This seemed to work. print Content-type:application/whatever\n.Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$file\n\n Thanks Jon * Jon Galliers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Programmer Perl/C++/MySQL/DB2/Java Design Net http://www.design.net.uk Tel: +44(0)870 240 0088 Fax: +44(0)870 240 0099 *
RE: downloady filenames
On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Jon Galliers wrote: This seemed to work. print Content-type:application/whatever\n.Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$file\n\n yadda! .. thats the cookie! .. a thousand thanks ;) right I can stop my cvs files coming up as .'something.pl' now ... ta muchly. -- Robin Szemeti Redpoint Consulting Limited Real Solutions For A Virtual World
