--- Octavian Rasnita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I know how to open and print an html or text > document on the screen if the > file is on my site and I know the real path to the > file. > I want to open and print a document on the screen > but it is not on my site > and of course, I don't know the real path to that > file.
If this is in the context of presenting information back to a browser, is it sufficient to just do a redirect to the URL (see perldoc CGI)? A redirect does basically what you are asking, gets a file at a URL and prints it to the screen. I'm assuming that there is a reason you can't just use a plain link from a page, such as you need a script to construct the URL at "run-time"? If your situation is a little more complicated than that, what you may want is the LWP::UserAgent module (see perldoc LWP::UserAgent). This will also require HTTP::Request and HTTP::Headers. This allows your script to request a document at a URL and get back the response in an object variable, which you can then do whatever you want with, such as print it or parse it. - John ===== "When you're following an angel, does it mean you have to throw your body off a building?" - They Might Be Giants, http://www.tmbg.com ---- Word of the week: Serendipity, see http://www.bartleby.com/61/93/S0279300.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
