Re^2: cgi download and delete file

[teddyttas]

Thank you very much! Anyway, I think there is something I am getting wrong... When I use the cgi::application's header_prop (in the download_file subroutine) what I'm actually doing is a redirection to the download window, is it right? Cause I tried to make a redirection after the execution of the subroutine, but in this case the download doesn't start. If I put a sleep command after the subroutine, the script executes before the sleep command and then launches the download. So...I don't really understand this behaviour. I tried :

     $self->download_zip();
    sleep 5;
    my $filename = "temporaneo/" . $self->session->param("nom_projet")
+ . ".zip";
    unlink $filename;

and

    
    $self->generate_zip();
    $self->download_zip();
    
    return $self->redirect("http://delete.cgi");

What I was trying to do was following your advice: put the zip file in another directory and, if succeed, redirect to another run mode that erases the file, otherwise stay on the page and relaunch the download.

[teddyttas]

Okay, I think I got the solution to my last question... it was simple. In fact I solved it in the following way...

 
    $self->generate_zip();
    my $output = $self->download_zip();
    #here I can do what I want. unlink and so on..
    my $filename = "temporaneo/" . $self->session->param("nom_projet")
+ . ".zip";
    unlink $filename;    

    #and only then I stream the output
    return $output;

I can now redirect to another runmode passing the $output variable and solve the problem as you suggested. thank you very much!