Jay wrote: > That cgi idea is really cool, but I don't have any web space to host > the files. Plus the bandwidth required would be deadly. I think I'll > just have to stick to the zip file idea. The problem with the > read-only is that this program is aimed at a Windows audience.
So don't call it something.zip. Since most Windows users rely on the registry to discern filetypes from extensions you will probably find in practice that very few actually poke about with your ".dat" file that's actually a zip. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list