> Why don't you just do print qq~
<a href="http://my.host.com/name_of_file.xxx";>Click to getfile</a>~;
and let the browser handle the rest for you.
Because in that case, files like .txt or .html would appear in the browser instead of
being downloaded to my harddrive. This is not very helpfull (having those files
displayed in the browser) when what I want to do is get them on my HD from one place
to an other (at work and at home)...
I need to be able to save to disk...
-----Message d'origine-----
>From : Aaron Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date : 07 jul 2001 04:30:21
> Why don't you just do
>
> print qq~<a href="http://my.host.com/name_of_file.xxx";>Click to get=
> file</a>~;
>
> and let the browser handle the rest for you.
>
> At 16:12 06.07.2001 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >This problem might not be entirely related to Perl, but I'm pretty sure
> >Perl can help solve it.
> >
> >Here is the thing :
> >
> >I want to be able to download a file (any kind of file) directly from my
> >browser. I'm using this code below :
> >
> >#!/usr/bin/perl
> >
> >my $size = 19456 # 19k * 1024;
> >my $fileName = "budget.xls"; # name of the file
> >my $file = "../files/edi/kfred/200104311315547.xls"; # location of the
> >file on the server
> >
> ># Send the header
> >print "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\n";
> >print "Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=$fileName\n";
> >print "Content-Length: $size\n\n";
> >print read_file($file); # read the file from the server
> >
> >sub read_file {
> >my($fname) = @_;
> >my($content);
> >open(FILE, "<$fname") || return '';
> >while(<FILE>) { $content .= $_; }
> >close(FILE);
> >$content; }
> >
> >It works well with Netscape 4.7 but IE 5.5 gives me a problem.
> >
> >Let say I'm on a page called test.html. The only thing this page does is
> >offer a link to the script above (download.pl). If I click on the link
> >Explorer will ask me what I want to do with the file (since I've put the
> >application/octet-stream Content-type) :
> >
> >"Save it to disk or open it"
> >
> >But if I choose to save it it will save test.html AND NOT budget.xls as it=
>
> >should!
> >
> >On the other hand, if I call download.pl directly from the location bar or=
>
> >if I make test.html automaticly open a new window on load
> >[ onload=void(window.open('download.pl')) ] it does the trick!?
> >
> >Opening a new window would not be such a problem if I wouldn't get the
> >"Page cannot be displayed" message in this new window, wich is not very
> >pretty... And calling the script from the location bar is not very
> >usefull, since what I want is to have a list of all my files in my browser=
>
> >window and simply be able to click on one to download it to my disk.
> >
> >Anyone can Help ? If you want more information to help just ask.
> >
> >Thank you very much for your time.
> >
> >Frédéric Fortin,
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >TPC Communications
>
> Aaron Craig
> Programming
> iSoftitler.com
>
>
Frédéric Fortin,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
TPC Communications
