CGI in C: need assistance with file transfer

Sm0k3 · 01-30-2004, 10:22 PM

hello all,

i've got a cgi that acts as a download agent, i can't seem to figure out how to 'change' the name of the file..

example: http:/mysite/cgi-bin/download?file=file.doc

the browser (when accepting the file so i can save to disk) tries to save the file as 'download', i was wondering if there was something i could put in my code (in the server headers along with Content-Type and Content-Length) or if someone could give me an example on how to use apache's mod_rewrite (for rewriting URL's)

thanks in advance

Berng · 02-02-2004, 02:50 AM

Try sending following headers:
fprintf(stdout,"Content-type: yourfiletype; name=""yourfilename""\nContent-disposition: inline; filename=""yourfilename""\n");
Best Regards,
Oleg.

Sm0k3 · 02-03-2004, 09:34 AM

worked like a charm, thanks alot bro

Sm0k3 · 02-04-2004, 09:18 PM

ok, i don't get this here, on my windows platform i still get the same bug, yet in linux in both netscape and konqueror, it works fine... could this be a platform specific problem?

Berng · 02-04-2004, 09:44 PM

Sorry, use filename param instead of name
fprintf(stdout,"Content-type: yourfiletype; filename=""yourfilename""\nContent-disposition: inline; filename=""yourfilename""\n");
you could read this for details:

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1895.html
Best Regards,
Oleg.

Sm0k3 · 02-04-2004, 11:14 PM

aye, that worked perfectly, fenks