That might be difficult, particularly if the form is requesting the
filename. You can't make an action URL include the contents of the form
it is surrounding. Sort of a 'chicken and egg' scenario (unless I'm
misunderstanding the original request and response.)
--ct
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> From: owner-msql-list@Hughes.com.au
> [mailto:owner-msql-list@Hughes.com.au]On Behalf Of Mark Rosenstein
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 9:50 AM
> To: james_harrell@mindspring.com
> Cc: msql-list@lists.Hughes.com.au
> Subject: Re: Off topic advanced CGI/HTTP question...
>
>
> James,
>
> Just invoke your script with an extra path component, like this:
> <FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/download.cgi/filename.tar.gz">
> Your web server will still invoke the download.cgi script with some
> extra environment variables you can ignore, but the client will think
> it is getting back "filename.tar.gz", not "download.cgi".
>
> -Mark
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