Xystein Johansen <oystein@[...].org>  writes:
[...]
>  How can I make the browser downlaod a cgi script from
>  /cgi-bin/. Obviously I can't make a link to it with
>  <a=href="/cgi-bin/script.cgi>, since tha script will be executed then.
>  
>  I see how Lutz in PP2E prints the script on the screen, but I want the
>  user to get the "save file" message box?

Don't put it in the cgi-bin?  There will be other ways, too, all of
which are entirely dependent on your web server and its configuration.
Anything regarded by your server as a cgi-script *shouldn't* be
downloadable, because that would risk security problems.  Some servers
will always regard anything ending in ".cgi" or ".py" or whatever as
CGI scripts, some will regard anything in a particular directory as
CGI scripts, some will do other things.


>  Same thing. What about a binary file? Printing a binary file with
>  getfile.cgi from PP2E is just silly. The surfer must be promped to
>  save. So, what I want is a script like getfile.cgi, that downloads
>  insted of prints the file.

I don't understand any of this paragraph.


>  (Maybe this is more a HTTP/HTML question than a Python question...)

None of the above: entirely a web server question.


John
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