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in reply to Re: CGI-Attachment with many \0's
in thread CGI-Attachment with many \0's

Hi,

Have you tried getting the script to write the file to disk

Yes

can this file be retrieved by the clients correctly?

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.

have you tried having the script simultaniously write a copy of the file and return it to the client?

No, I am using the following 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;

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And remember: it works fine on two out of three machines. That is what makes me wonder so much.

Regards... Stefan
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