[linux-help] Re: Perl/CGI Question

[Jeremy King <soapboxalpha@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sure.  Most cgi's just begin their output with a http
header that sets the mime type to text/html.  What
you'll want to do is print a http header that sets the
mime type to whatever the correct file type is: 
text/plain, application/excel, image/gif, etc.  For
more authoritative info (the above mime types should
be right, but I've been known to be wrong.  Once or
twice), check out this URL:

http://www.bjnet.edu.cn/tech/book/seucgi/ch10.htm

Jeremy

--- Curtis Hawthorne <cghawthorne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to make a CGI program using Perl that
> will feed the user's browser a file to download that
> is outside the normal html tree, or one that is
> generated on the fly?  If so, how would I do this?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Curtis H.
> 
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