Re^2: Sending a file through STDOUT using HTTP

Excellent points and I definitely appreciate the info. I now have:

    $zip->addTree( $path, '' );
    print "Content-type: application/zip\n" .
        "Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=\"$filename\"\n\n";
    binmode STDOUT;
    $zip->writeToFileHandle( \*STDOUT, 0 );
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Unfortunately the browser is still seeing it as a "httpd/unix-directory" and not getting a filename. I tried both with and without quotes on the filename. Any other ideas? Stupid MIME types...

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Re^3: Sending a file through STDOUT using HTTP by hcubed (Initiate) on Feb 18, 2005 at 16:28 UTC
Sorry, forgot to login. The above post was me.	[reply]
Re^3: Sending a file through STDOUT using HTTP by Errto (Vicar) on Feb 18, 2005 at 17:34 UTC
I did a quick search on Google and it looks like the "httpd/unix-directory" think might be an Apache configuration issue. Are you sure your CGI code is actually getting executed? Maybe add something like `print STDERR "My CGI called here"` and see if that message shows up in your Apache error log.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Sending a file through STDOUT using HTTP by hcubed (Initiate) on Feb 18, 2005 at 18:07 UTC
Well I'm pretty sure it gets called because the file does actually send. I printed to STDERR anyway and it showed up in the error_log correctly. Hmmm.	[reply]