BASH script tries to download instead of run?

[Hondy]

Hi

I have a BASH shell script that excutes via a browser, when I run it in IE8 (IE 7 emulation) it runs ok, when I use firefox the script tries to download (save as..)-- why is this and how do I get it to run in Firefox?

Thanks

 

[BadBigBen]

In FF, there is a setting where you can change the behavior of files extensions...

Read for more info, scroll down for FF3:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Changing_media_handling_behaviour

Ben

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[Hondy]

Hi Ben

The thing is, I don't want the browser to anything with it, it should be server side just like ASP or PHP. I have had it working and doing what I want but it seems a bit random whether it parses the script or tries to save it!

 

[BadBigBen]

I don't want the browser to anything with it,

I know... but the browser sees the extension as a file, and thus it will offer you to download it... this you need to undo, by telling FF what to do with that type of extension, or by resetting it...

Ben

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[Hondy]

Hi Ben

I see what you are saying, but changing how file extensions are interpreted on every client doesn't sound quite right to me. I would have thought the issue would be server side?

Your link led me to here

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Properly_Configuring_Server_MIME_Types

Any idea how to set a MIME type for a BASH script?

Thanks

 

[Hondy]

I managed to get there in the end...

this causes odd results...
echo "content type: text/html"

this works properly...
echo "Content-type: text/html"

 

[BadBigBen]

Glad you finally found the solution to your problem...

I was under the impression that this was happening on one machine only, and not globally...

Case sensitivity, can at times be hard to diagnose...

PS: should it not be echo "Content-Type: text/html", to be on the safe side...

Ben

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[Hondy]

Hi Ben

No it wasn't a global thing, it worked on my IE browser but there were a number of scripts so I'm a bit confused as to what happened but I know what works now anyway. It now works in Firefox which was my goal, thanks for the input!

Cheers

 

[gbaughma]

I managed to get there in the end...

this causes odd results...
echo "content type: text/html"

this works properly...
echo "Content-type: text/html"

Content-type would be the proper header. I.E. probably ran it because it wasn't as "Strict" as FireFox.



Just my 2¢

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--Greg

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[BadBigBen]

Hondy, you're welcome...

PS: Globally as in all PC's, not as on one machine... ;-)

Greg, yep, thou art correct, IE does not conform to the standard and is more lenient than other browsers...

Ben

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