use strict;
use warnings;

use CGI;

my $cgi = CGI->new();

sub handle_error {
    print $cgi->header(
        -status => 500,
        -type   => 'text/html',
    );
    print ...;
    exit(0);
}

open(my $fh, '<', 'foo.csv')
    or handle error(...);

print $cgi->header(
    # application/octet-stream might work better
    -type       => 'text/csv',
    -attachment => 'foo.csv',
);

print while <$fh>;

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Of course, you can base the name of the CSV on a CGI parameter or on a session field. Or you can generate it on the fly instead of reading it form disk.

In reply to Re: saving data locally in CGI script? by ikegami
in thread saving data locally in CGI script? by Anonymous Monk

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