In need of wisdom

Could someone please give me an example on how to download binary files(gzipped)?

Currently by clicking on a button on my webpage, I'm getting back a file of size 0. However when I intercept the content and save it into my temp dir, it's good. I'm just about clueless at this moment.

Here is my code:(I call &dl_user($somefile))

sub read_binary
{
  local($fname) = @_;
  
  open(FILE, "<$fname") || return '';
  while(<FILE>){ $spcontent .= $_; }
  close(FILE);

  $spcontent;
}

sub dl_user
{
  ($loc)=@_;

  $filename = $loc;
  $filename =~ s/.+\/([^\/]+)$/$1/;
  $filename =~ s/.+\\([^\\]+)$/$1/;
  print "Content-Type: application/x-binary\n";
print"Content-Disposition:attachment;filename=$filename\n\n";
  &read_binary($loc);
}

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Thanks in advance!

Edit by tye, title, remove extra P tags

In reply to How to offer binary files for download via CGI ? by vivapl

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