CGI script to count downloads
Steve Purcell
stephen_purcell at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 6 03:23:04 EDT 2001
Greg Ewing wrote:
> Walter Hofmann wrote:
> > Use the following commands to redirect the browser to the "real" URL
> > where the file is located:
> >
> > print "Location: http://server/real/url.tar.gz"
> > print "Status: 302 Found"
> > print
>
> That's the solution I finally adopted. Thanks to
> all who replied.
The disadvantage of this approach is that you can't accurately count
*completed* downloads, but that may not be an issue for you.
> By the way, it seems to work with just the
> "Location:" line. What does the "Status:"
> line do? Will anything bad happen if I
> leave it out?
Probably the web server is guessing the 'Status:' based on the 'Location:'
header. You should put the 'Status' header in yourself for the sake of
completeness and portability.
-Steve
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