Re: content-disposition not recognized

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Micah Johnson wrote:
> I am having difficulty sending an XML file to the
> browser using the Content-Disposition: attachment
> header.
> 
> I am running mod_perl/1.99_13 and trying to use an
> existing cgi script which returns data in various
> forms.  One is an XML file.  The script is found in a
> directory setup like this:
> 
> <Location /cgi-perl>
>    SetHandler perl-script
>    PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::PerlRun
>    PerlOptions +ParseHeaders
>    Options ExecCGI
> </Location>
> 
> and the script prints headers like this:
> 
>     print "Content-type: text/plain\n";
>     print "Content-Disposition: attachment;
> filename=results.xml\n\n";
> 
> The resulting file reports a server error 500,
> premature end of script headers and the
> content-disposition line is displayed, so it looks
> like it is not being treated as a header.

Try to add:

   local $| = 0;

before sending headers, or send the header at once:

print q[Content-type: text/plain\n] .
q[Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=results.xml\n\n].

> Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Unrelated, better upgrade to the latest 1.99_17, to avoid problems that 
were already fixed.


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