CGI script to count downloads
Steve Purcell
stephen_purcell at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 4 08:41:11 EDT 2001
Greg Ewing wrote:
> For instance, if the URL used to retrieve the
> file is
>
> download.py?file=download/akaroa2.6.1doc.tar.gz
>
> then the default filename that Netscape gives me
> is
>
> akaroa2.6.1doc.tar.py
>
> So, my question is, can I put anything in the
> headers of the response to give the browser a
> hint as to what name the file should be saved
> under?
There aren't any headers that can help, AFAIK. But... you can instead make
the URL look like this:
download.py/download/akaroa2.6.1doc.tar.gz
Browsers will determine the correct filename from this URL, and 'download.py'
can access the filename argument using the CGI variable "PATH_INFO".
-Steve
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