output a file from perl online

ecuguru has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

In my perl script online I have:

#!/usr/bin/perl
print <<"APPDATA";
Content-type: application/dat
#...
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My apache server is setup to handle .dat files as application files that need to be downloaded. My perl script will send the data file, but the file is named the same as my perl script. I'd like to be able to define the name of the file that gets downloaded. Can someone tell me how I can pick the name of the output file that gets sent to the browser?
Thanks!

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Re: output a file from perl online by holli (Abbot) on Aug 29, 2005 at 09:29 UTC
You have to send the files name in the HTTP-header: `Content-Disposition: Attachment; filename=somefile.dat` [download] holli, /regexed monk/	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: output a file from perl online by ecuguru (Monk) on Aug 31, 2005 at 06:18 UTC
Worked perfect, thanks! `print <<"THANKS"; Content-Type: application/kml; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="attach.dat"\n\n` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: output a file from perl online by Roger (Parson) on Aug 29, 2005 at 12:36 UTC
I recommend you to have a look at the CGI module to do simple html programming, instead of hand coding HTML headers and tags. The answer to your question can be located under the heading CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER. It has several examples underneath to do what you after.	[reply]