note stefan k Hi, <p> <em>Have you tried getting the script to write the file to disk</em> <p> Yes <p> <em>can this file be retrieved by the clients correctly?</em> <p> Yes, I've written that file to the /tmp-Dir, copied it to the HTTPD-root-directory accessed it directly and could download it just fine. <p> <em> have you tried having the script simultaniously write a copy of the file and return it to the client? </em> <p> No, I am using the following code: <code> my $tar = Archive::Tar->new; # ... # in a loop: $tar->add_files("$filename"); # ... my $data = $tar->write(); print $q->header(-type => 'application/octet-stream', -attachment => "edi.tar"); print $data; </code> And remember: it works fine on two out of three machines. That is what makes me wonder so much. <div class="pmsig"> <div class="pmsig-5094"> <p> <table width="80%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><small>Regards...</small></td> <td align="right"><small> <a href="http://www.skamphausen.de">Stefan</a> </small></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <small>you begin bashing the string with a +42 regexp of confusion</small> </td> </tr> </table> </div></div> 351105 351107