Stiffler
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Feb 29, 2000, 1:41 PM
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This is my goal I am trying to call a .pdf file through a CGI script, although I only want people to access it through that CGI, so by default the pdf will be chmod 600. When the script is called from "../cgi-bin/thescript.cgi/files/file.pdf" it will check to see if the user is registered and then if they are - chmod 644 file.pdf, then load the file by the following subroutine:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans serif">code:</font><HR>
$path = "$ENV{'PATH_INFO'}" ;
$path =~ s!/!:!g;
($blank, $cgi, $query) = split (/:/, $path);
chmod (0644, "files/$query");
$file = "files/$query";
if (open(FOO,$file)) {
$len = -s $file;
binmode FOO;
print "Content-type: application/pdf\nContent-length: $len\n\n";
print <FOO>;
close FOO;
} else {
print "Content-type: text/plain\n\nCan't open $file: $!\n";
exit;
}
chmod (0600, "files/$query");
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After pre-loading and printing to the screen it will chmod 600 file.pdf and exit.
My problem is that in IE this subroutine will load the Acrobat plug-in and then it looks like it will load the file, but returns a blank screen and in the title bar the URL reads "http://www.blahblah.com/cgi-bin/thescript.cgi/files/file.pdf."
Any suggestions on how to get this to work. Feel free to email me with suggestions.
10-Q!
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