I have a CGI, which optionally gives the output as a gzipped stream, rather than as text or html. I do that with the following: 
        use Compress::Zlib;
        if($out eq 'gz'){
            binmode STDOUT;
            print("Content-type: application/x-gzip\n\n");
            my $gz = gzopen(\*STDOUT, "wb")           
                or die "Cannot open stdout: $gzerrno\n" ;
            foreach my $line (@lines){ 
                $gz->gzwrite($line)
                    or die "error writing: $gzerrno\n" ;
            }
            $gz->gzclose; 
        }

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This is working fine, but I'd like to alter the name of the output. Right now the output is saved as "name_of_CGI_script.gz" (only tested with Safari so far, other browsers/OS may behave differently.). How can I change to a default file name related to other options the user has selected? Also, how could I make that be a suggested file name, which causes a local "Save As..." dialog to appear (again, I realize there might not be a 100% universal answer for all Browser/OS combos.)

-albert

In reply to Suggested file name for CGI output by albert

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