Re: [cgiapp] How to download a dynamically generated file

[Eric Andreychek <suppressed>]

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Howdy,

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Steve Comrie wrote:
> > You had asked for a way to send the PDF a few pieces at a time to
> > avoid having the entire file in memory at once.  Setting
> > '$ENV{CGI_APP_RETURN_ONLY}', in combination with passing 'none' into
> > header_type(), does exactly that :-)
> 
> Eric, I think you're confusing me with Steve Hay, who originally asked the
> question ;)

Gak!  You're right, I am.  My appologies to both of you :-)

> Setting $self->header_type('none'); followed by printing the headers
> yourself and then opening a file in the run-mode and printing it line by
> line and finally followed by return ''; *should* hypothetically solve the
> problem without relying on undocumented CGIApp features.

You're also right here.  That didn't click when I first looked at your
code.  My bad :-)  This definitely solves the problem at hand, and is
much better off than using the $ENV option.

Thanks for your thoughts!
  -Eric


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