corrupted .exe

[yeller2]

Hello,

I'm trying to transport an .exe file via http from my cgi to the browser. I set the cgiheadercontenttype to application/octet-stream. I am able to successfully open the original file, but unable to do so with the .exe I download via the browser. It appears the downloaded version is corrupted, it is also 38 bytes larger than the original - an ideas?

Thanks

 

[travs69]

how are you transferring it to the server? Are you doing it via ftp in BIN mode?

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Travis - Those who say it cannot be done are usually interrupted by someone else doing it; Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions;

 

[yeller2]

I actually tried transferring it another way, but I tried your sugg. and that doesn't seem to work for me.

Thanks

 

[yeller2]

I've tracked down the issue to be the Content-disposition part of my header. I want to use this so I can return a filename, but removing it completely causes my .exe to run successfully - any ideas?

 

[yeller2]

Alright, I'm stuck. Is there any other way to provide a user with a file from the server?

 

[Kirsle]

If this is a Windows server, make sure you write the EXE in binary mode.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

open (EXE, "file.exe");
binmode EXE;

binmode STDOUT;
print "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=file.exe\n";
print "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\n\n";

while (<EXE>) {
   print;
}

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