On Apr 21, 10:02 pm, Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Ralf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >is there anybody who can help me. > >I would like to use a Python Script to download Files from a Server to the > >Client, to update the Client. > > Remember, though, that a CGI script cannot actually put files anywhere. You > can certainly download files to the client browser, but the user will have > to be involved to tell the browser where to store the incoming file. > > Doing anything else would be a security hole.
But a CGI script can send a file in response to an automated request from a client application, without ever needing a browser to be involved. Sending the right headers means that existing libraries (urllib2 I guess) will know how to handle the response. Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles.shtml > -- > Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
